This book seeks to be a contribution to the rescue of the Ecuadorian gastronomic culture, in 248 pages, 118 recipes from celebrations of 12 towns and 14 families.
The Quinta Huasipungo located in Guápulo, on the snake path of Los Conquistadores Avenue, was the setting chosen last December by Diners Club of Ecuador and its social responsibility program Orígenes for the launch of the book Origins, kitchen of celebrations of family secrets II.
The book, which seeks to be a contribution to the rescue of the Ecuadorian gastronomic culture, allows you to go through its 248 pages, revealing 118 recipes for celebrations from 12 towns in the country, with the contribution of 14 families.
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“Origins is a rescue program for the Ecuadorian gastronomic culture, for the enhancement and strengthening of the gastronomic capacities of our peoples and of Ecuador in general; this book has totally social purposes, anything that is collected will be to reinvest in these populations”, he explains. Augusta Bustamante, Manager of Social Responsibility of Diners Club of Ecuador.
Diners Club through Origins has published five works: Origins I, Origins II, Monastic cuisine, Gastronomy manual for small businesses Y Celebration kitchen.
The book costs 36 dollars and can be purchased in two ways: through the Dinediciones portal and the ClubMilles portal where miles can be exchanged for books.
“I like that my recipe appears in this book, I’m not going to tell you that I’m proud, no, it seems to me that I should thank life and the magazine (Diners) that it can transmit, that it can satisfy others. Mrs. Bustamante (Augusta) said it well in her presentation, it is not about satisfying oneself, one has to satisfy the other, it is a Christian principle and food is also for that, to brighten the lives of others, “he says. Carmen Alicia Pino Argotty, manabita with residence in Quito, whose contribution was the recipe “Viche aphrodisiac of fish and shellfish”.
“Our Mancheno family is a very large family, it has a very important ancestor in the city of Riobamba and I feel proud and happy to be able to share one of the traditional recipes that unites the whole family in Ecuador and mainly mine, which It has brought us so many joys such as the purple laundry, special for All Souls’ Day. It is a traditional drink that has been prepared for so many years”says the riobambeña Natalia Mancheno.
“I firmly believe that without tradition there can be no real innovation. For us, the chefs and for all the undertakings that come in the future, looking back will lead us to take a definitive push towards what we are, towards local products, towards the combination of surprising flavors that are already in our memory, but above all to honor all those who have been before us”, explains Juan Sebastian Perez, Ecuadorian chef who runs the kitchens of the Quitu restaurant.
“I believe that within this wonderful work of the Orígenes project, the identity of Ecuador is summarized in its gastronomy and that the responsibility that we have from now on is to share it, communicate it and celebrate it, because we have valuable information that must be enjoyed”, Add Pérez. (I)
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