Ecuador's Table — Pre-Order · Ships December 15
You're just in time to be among the first to have this book in your hands. Ecuador's Table is the debut book by chef Alejandra Espinoza, founder of COTOA and SOMOS, and UN Special Ambassador for Gastronomic Tourism. A book about a centuries-old cuisine, a country with four worlds in a single territory, and the personal story of a chef who went out into the world and came back with a mission.
By pre-ordering today:
— You get 10% off the final retail price
— Your book ships December 15
— You become part of the movement putting Ecuador on the map
Limited quantities. Pre-order pricing available only until launch.
About the book:
Some countries feed the world without the world ever knowing it. Ecuador is one of them.
This book is chef Alejandra Espinoza's journey back to her roots — a personal search that began in the kitchens of Lyon and San Francisco, and only found its answer in the markets of Quito, along the Pacific coast, deep in the Amazon rainforest, and on the slopes of the Andes. It is a story about what it means to return home with new eyes, and discover that everything you were looking for had always been there.
But this is not just a memoir. It is a love letter to a country that holds four worlds within a single territory — coast, highlands, Amazon and Galápagos — and one of the richest biodiversities on the planet. Through these pages, Alejandra takes us into the geography, history and traditions that make Ecuador one of the world's great culinary pantries: its fine-aroma cacao, its Andean potatoes, its Pacific shrimp, its Amazonian guayusa, its seafood, its chiles, its edible flowers.
Here are the ingredients that define a centuries-old cuisine. The recipes — from the most humble to the most refined — that tell us who we are. The producers, farmers, fishermen and artisans who carry knowledge that cannot be lost. And the vision of a chef who believes, with full conviction, that Ecuadorian gastronomy deserves a seat among the world's great culinary traditions.
This book is for chefs seeking their next source of inspiration. For travelers who want to understand a destination beyond its surface. For researchers, food lovers and curious minds who know that the most interesting cuisines on the planet are still waiting to be discovered.
Ecuador is already on the table. Now it's your turn to taste it.
