Colombian Cuisine

Colombia's cuisine is one of South America's most abundant: a country that spans Caribbean coast, Andean highlands, Pacific rainforest, and Amazon basin, each producing distinct ingredients and traditions. Colombian cooking is generous to the point of abundance — the bandeja paisa, the country's most celebrated plate, is a monument to plenty: red beans, white rice, chicharrón, ground beef, chorizo, fried egg, plantain, arepa, and avocado, assembled together as a full landscape of the country's agricultural heritage on a single tray.