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Cooking videos, cultural testimonials and a visual gallery documenting the culinary richness of Santiago de Cali.
Cooking videos
Watch, step by step, how the most iconic dishes of Cali's cuisine are made.
Sancocho de gallina criolla (free-range hen soup)
Step-by-step traditional preparation of the signature dish of the Valle del Cauca.
Choosing and preparing Chontaduro
How to choose, cook and serve the iconic fruit of the Pacific coast.
Perfect Cali-style Marranitas
The secret to marranitas that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Champús: the ancestral drink
The full process of making this drink with pre-Hispanic roots.
Pandebono from the Valle del Cauca
The perfect recipe for Colombia's best-loved cheese bread.
Cali-style Hogao: the base of everything
The Creole tomato-and-onion sauce that goes with almost every dish from the Valle del Cauca.
Empanadas vallecaucanas
The Valle-style empanada, with its yellow corn dough and papa criolla (small yellow potato) filling.
Arroz atollado valluno
The creamy rice with meats that rules family gatherings in the Valle.
Aborrajados vallunos
Ripe plantain stuffed with cheese, battered and fried: the perfect appetizer.
Manjar blanco from the Valle
The century-old tradition of making this signature sweet in copper pans (pailas).
Video testimonials, just one click away
Video stories from the people who have kept Cali's culinary traditions alive for generations.
Sorany Samboni – Barista at Te Late café
She shares how her business promotes, expresses and uses Cali's food through the different items made at her café.
Viviana Samboni
She reflects on how our food culture can reach many people just one click away.
Noelia Guevara – Homemaker and café cook
She explains how it feels to know that the seasoning skills she gained over years of experience can be preserved and shared through a website.
Juan Sebastián Borrero
He offers a critical look at the benefits of a website for sharing and preserving Cali's food.
Photo gallery
A visual tour of the dishes, ingredients, markets and places that bring Cali's food to life.
