SLIDE SHOW: Madrid's Renegade Picnics
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Fritada is a pork dish typical of the mountainous center of Ecuador though known throughout the country.
Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of
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The vendors shouting, " Caldo de manguera !" is enough to make an Ecuadorian friend from the coastal region weepy with homesickness. Manguera is a blood sausage typical of Guayaquil, served in caldo (broth).
Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of
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Crowds gather to share food, music, anecdotes, and advice, and one small corner of Madrid is transformed into an ephemeral little Quito.
Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of
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| The income made by selling food in the park on weekends is an important supplement to low salaries. Here a woman fries plantains. |
Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of
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Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of
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For just a few euros, an overflowing plate of hornado with mote , salad, and more, as well as a bowl of encebollado , a fish and onion stew served with crispy fried corn and plantains and famous as a hangover cure.
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| When the police appeared, this pan of boiling oil for frying plantains and empanadillas elegantly and instantly disappeared. How? Where? I couldn't ask because the saleswoman had vanished as well. Learn more here. |
Maggie Schmitt joins Ecuadorian families at one of