Recipes · Colombia

A white corn roll steamed inside a corn husk, the everyday side of Colombia's Caribbean coast since pre-Columbian times.

Balls of fresh cheese and cassava starch fried to deep brown, a fixture of Colombian December celebrations.

The Bogotá breakfast: milk let down with water and brought to the boil, eggs poached whole in it, spring onion and stale bread.

Green plantain rounds fried twice, smashed flat and salted with garlic, served with a cool avocado dip.

Griddled corn cakes with a crackly crust and a soft centre, split open and stuffed with melting cheese.