Breakfast Foods and Snacks

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

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Many of these breakfasts and snacks are finger foods sold on the streets of our cities. The vendors and street cooks are always willing to show and talk about their methods of preparation and the stories of their family traditions. It is great to see how many generations of people have survived financially by preparing the same recipe throughout the years and passed their heritage on with great pride and respect.

Arepas of all sizes and types, with and without fillings, slightly sweet and not; breads and cookies of cassava starch; bollos, and more, are all part of what make us feel closer to our country, especially when we are far away. Nothing captures our attention more than to run across some of this romanticized fare.