Ecuadorian market, indigenous vendor with paja-toquilla hat seen from behind

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Cooking classes that go beyond the recipe, into the tradition behind it.

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Two weekly menus, Thursday and Friday, delivered ready in Cuenca.

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I cook and wander. Stories, recipes, and territory, in long form.

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The person behind the table. Paola González Obando, chef and culinary guide based in Cuenca.

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From my kitchen

Homemade, scratch-built, and nutritionally considered.

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Every order is baked for you.

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Cooking classes

Cook beyond the recipe

Ecuadorian cuisine, reimagined through stories, techniques, and recipes designed to help you understand the food — not just cook it.

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Ebooks

You can't fly to Cuenca. Tasting Ecuador's ebooks bring it to you.

These aren't just recipes. They're a guide to the origin and technique behind each dish, with nutritional guidance and the reasoning to understand why each ingredient works the way it does.

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The person behind the table

Behind Tasting Ecuador is Paola González Obando, chef, guide, and someone who has eaten her way through every corner of this country.

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Territory · August 27, 2026

“Free,” in Quotes: The Real Timeline of Tasting Ecuador

Entrepreneurship doesn’t look much like the freedom we imagine. Between unexpected firings, moving cities, a chocobanana loaf, a first client, and three different names, Tasting Ecuador slowly came to life. A story about work, arrogance, necessity, and the decision to build something of your own — while asking what freedom really costs.

Recipes · May 26, 2026

A dish that taste like home

There's a story I've always loved about one of Ecuador's most beloved dishes: seco de pollo.

Territory · May 22, 2026

The Legend and Ritual Behind the Colada Morada

Long before the Spanish arrived, the pre-Columbian cultures of Ecuador held a sacred November ritual to honor their ancestors.

Tasting Ecuador

Food is the most honest thing a place has to say about itself.

In Ecuador, the land does not stay out of the kitchen. It walks in with the ingredients, sits at the table, and shapes every decision a cook makes, what to use, how to prepare it, what it means to eat it here and nowhere else.

Cocina ecuatoriana — vapor sobre olla con cilantro