Author Fefo Nieves Caraballo presented his new cookbook “Cocina Tradicional de Lanzarote” at the Monumento al Campesino this Monday. The book contains 160 traditional recipes.
The event, sponsored by food journalist Fran Belín, was attended by Cabildo President, Oswaldo Betancort, who stressed that “this book not only tells us about cooking, but connects us with the collective memory of a people who have managed to turn scarcity into ingenuity and the landscape into life”. Betancort added that, “each recipe, each story that collects this work, is a testimony of resistance, creativity and love for the land. It is also a tool to transmit to new generations a legacy that we cannot afford to lose.”
Author Caraballo, moved by the presence of his friends and representatives of the food sector, said that “this project is born of deep respect for the elderly, our mothers, grandmothers, farmers and fishermen who, with their wisdom, have left us a living recipe book that is part of our identity”. He added that “it is not only about recipes, but about stories, emotions, a way of understanding life in Lanzarote that deserves to be told and preserved” and thanked the support of the Cabildo and SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote.
The book, titled “Cocina Tradicional de Lanzarote”, includes more than 160 traditional recipes collected over years of work, with an approach that combines history, local produce and sustainability, aligned with the Cabildo’s strategy to strengthen food sovereignty and recognition of the island’s agricultural landscape, recently distinguished as an Important System of World Agricultural Heritage (SIPAM) by FAO.
The presentation of the book, illustrated with images by photographer Moisés Acosta, concluded with a tasting of dishes prepared from the recipes included in the book, in a symbolic setting such as the Monumento al Campesino, an icon of Lanzarote’s agricultural and cultural efforts.
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