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Excellent recipes. I
was transported to my beloved country.
Maria Martin
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Carlos Ramírez
About the author
Ramón David León (1890-1980) was born in Cumaná, Sucre state.
A self-taught journalist, he was awarded the highest
recognition for journalism:
Maria Moors Cabot Prize, founded in 1938.
He was awarded a gold medal by Columbia University, which he received in 1951, in New York,
United States.
Venezuelan ambassador in Lima, Peru and in Havana, Cuba until 1959.
VOLUME I
CULINARY BIOGRAPHIES, NATIONAL DISHES
The Venezuelan Hallaca
The hallaca is, without a doubt and par excellence, our great national dish.
Its colonial origins must be traced back, to a greater or lesser degree of kinship, to polenta and pastel.
Like both, it is a complicated culinary combination, heterogeneous in
its components.
The Arepa Criolla
Like casabe, with which it shares
immense popularity, the arepa is
clearly indigenous. To make it, the Indians pounded the corn
previously soaked, between two
stones, and then spread small
discs of dough on round clay plates heated in the fire.
The Caracas Pavilion
Caracas has a typically popular meal, the pavilion. To structure it, the black beans, the innocent white rice and the pleasant fried shredded meat come together in a close relationship. If served on a plate, slices of ripe plantain, conveniently fried, are placed around it…
The Christmas Stuffed Turkey
In Venezuela, as in all cultured peoples where the table is a place
of home and social recreation, and
where religious sentiment is combined
with the deep imperatives of tradition,
Easter celebrations take on
truly joyful contours.
VOLUME II
CULINARY BIOGRAPHIES, NATIONAL DISHES
The Popular Cachapa
Among the various edible products that are
obtained from corn in Venezuela, it would be a
notorious injustice not to mention the cachapa. It has
been said, and indeed it is, that the aforementioned grain is the most
valuable vegetable gift with which Divine Providence
endowed the World of Columbus.
The Aristocratic Bienmesabe
The people of the colonial period, noble,
conservative, measured and solemn,
always given to discussing preeminences of rank
and prestige in the salon,
traditionalist and proud,
used to eat opulently.
Gentlemen and ladies ate with
classy dishes.
The Nirgueña Skirt
Nirgua, which has politically belonged to Yaracuy for eight decades, has a culinary
confection that is entirely its own, the "skirt." The territorial portion mentioned, despite
this jurisdiction that was imposed on it, if we stick to certain
externalizations...
The Provincial Ajiceros
Not to the extremes of the people of
Mexico and Chile, where Venezuelans enjoy the consumption
in an unusual way
they are quite fond of chili peppers. In the country
there are many kinds of sizes,
appearances and different colors. Some
have popular names…
ORIGINAL VOLUME
CULINARY BIOGRAPHIES, NATIONAL DISHES
The Venezuelan Hallaca
The hallaca is, without a doubt and par excellence, our great national dish.
Its colonial origins must be traced back, to a greater or lesser degree of kinship, to polenta and pastel.
Like both, it is a complicated culinary combination, heterogeneous in
its components.
The Arepa Criolla
Like casabe, with which it shares
immense popularity, the arepa is
clearly indigenous. To make it, the Indians pounded the corn
previously soaked, between two
stones, and then spread small
discs of dough on round clay plates heated in the fire.
The Caracas Pavilion
Caracas has a typically popular meal, the pavilion. To structure it, the black beans, the innocent white rice and the pleasant fried shredded meat come together in a close relationship. If served on a plate, slices of ripe plantain, conveniently fried, are placed around it…
The Christmas Stuffed Turkey
In Venezuela, as in all cultured peoples where the table is a place
of home and social recreation, and
where religious sentiment is combined
with the deep imperatives of tradition,
Easter celebrations take on
truly joyful contours.