Take a hard green plantain (plátano), cut it crosswise into rounds, fry them in oil, mash them flat, and fry them in oil again. If this doesn’t…

Shrink-wrapped food in grocery stores is what lots of people think about when they shop for dinner. Whether it’s individually butchered cuts of meat, bushels of fruit…

Gone are the days when Thanksgiving-lovers in Costa Rica could only dream of pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce. So many imported foods are available at supermarket chains…

Let's say you want to farm. And let's say there is a crop that requires you to plant and harvest, but do very little in between. It…

Yuca, cassava, mandioca and manioc are all common names for one of the most important staple food crops in the tropics around the world.  Originally from South…

Her cookbook was a bestseller last year. Episodes of her online food series, "My Drunk Kitchen," regularly go viral. And with more than 2 million subscribers, her…

From the moment you meet him, you notice two things about Lucas Withington: He loves to host people, and he can barely sit still. When The Tico…

During the dry season in Costa Rica, when the vegetation turns brown and the soil hardens, it’s difficult to grow any crops. But there is one plant…