Publisher's Synopsis
Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.
In these pages, you will discover advice on having a unique culinary experience. This book will not tell you exact addresses or hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge of food and drinks from a local that you may not find in other travel food guides. Eat like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the food, people, and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next culinary destination.What if the part of the heart of Guatemala lay not only in her landscapes and temples but locked within the dish before you? Eat Like a Local: Guatemala is a culinary expedition into one of Central America's richest, yet somehow underappreciated cuisines. This book opens more doors than just the ones to tourist menus and welcomes the reader into the kitchens, the street stalls, the markets, and family celebrations that constitute the very life of Guatemalan food culture.
From Pepián to Fiambre, a colorful dish of remembrance; from street foods like Shucos and Elotes Locos to sweet traditions such as Rellenitos and Chilacayote, this book is at once a chronicle of Guatemalan cooking, its diversity, creativity, and soul. For those who love good food, travelers, and Guatemalans craving the taste of home, Eat Like a Local: Guatemala could be considered both a homage and a guide. Be it from afar, or in preparation for another expedition, this book will ignite your taste buds and arouse your curiosity for a country that has food as its memory, identity, and celebration.
Come hungry. Leave inspired. Eat like a local.
