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Pupusas, baleadas, gallo pinto and pepián. The food of Central America country by country, and where to try each dish.
Costa Rican food: gallo pinto, casado and 15 dishes to try
Costa Rican cooking is the most understated in Central America and the one that grows on you most.…
Puerto Viejo and the southern Caribbean: the Costa Rica that doesn’t look like Costa Rica
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca doesn’t feel like the rest of Costa Rica. People speak Creole alongside Spanish, rice…
Belizean food: rice and beans and 15 dishes worth trying
Belizean cooking is the most distinctive in Central America, and for the same reason as everything else here:…
Panamanian food: sancocho and 15 dishes worth trying
Panamanian cooking is what you would expect of an isthmus half the world has passed through: an indigenous…
Nicaraguan food: gallo pinto and 15 traditional dishes
Nicaraguan cooking is a fusion of pre-Columbian and Spanish traditions built around maize. From the ever-present gallo pinto…
Honduran food: baleadas and 15 dishes worth trying
Honduran cooking is a mix of indigenous, Spanish, African and Caribbean traditions built on maize, beans and seafood.…
Salvadoran food: pupusas and 15 dishes worth trying
Salvadoran cooking is a fusion of Pipil and Maya tradition with Spanish influence, built around maize. The famous…
Ruta de las Flores, El Salvador: a guide to the five towns
The Ruta de las Flores is one of the most charming drives in Central America. This 36-kilometre circuit…
Guatemalan food: 15 dishes you have to try
Guatemalan cooking is among the richest in Central America. The result of centuries of fusion between ancestral Maya…