Comments on: Electronic Gluttony: A pig roast by any measure

By: Nana

Nana — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:51:46 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more.

I grew up watching how chickens, pigs, goats…. everything in Colombian gastronomy used to get slaughter in my eyes to be eaten just a few hours after.

I even killed a little pollito when I was 5 after watching how they were killing gallinas hahahaha…. I just didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to do such a thing lol…. but that right there shows you how involved we are with our gastronomy.

Great blog…

By: LA LECHONA | Recetas de la cocina Colombiana

LA LECHONA | Recetas de la cocina Colombiana — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:18:59 +0000

[...] Nota: Si quieres ver fotos de una lechona tradicionales con un cerdo entero se puede visitar el blog de ??Nika aquí . [...]

By: LA LECHONA

LA LECHONA — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:25:44 +0000

[...] ver fotos de una lechona tradicionales con un cerdo entero se puede visitar el blog de ??Nika aquí . Si usted es vegetariano, yo no recomiendo las [...]

By: Nika

Nika — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:04:59 +0000

Awww, glad you found them of use!

for tamales – try this page on my blog

http://nikas-culinaria.com/2006/12/29/colombian-tamales-how-2-guide/

By: ANITA

ANITA — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:35:30 +0000

NIKA BY FAR THESE ARE THE BEST COLOMBIAN RECIPE I HAVE SEEN. I WAS RAISED AROUND COLOMBIANS AND MY HUSBAND IS FROM BOGOTA NO ONE CAN EVER GIVE ME A RECIPE. BUT THANKS TO YOU I AM DOING GREAT SINCE COOKING IS MY PASSION. I NEED A RECIPE FOR TAMALES CAN YOU HELP ME? I LOVE THOSE COLOSSAL DELICIOUS TAMALES. I AM A REAL FOOD LOVER.

By: Puffy Spinach Ricotta Triangles | Nikas Culinaria

Puffy Spinach Ricotta Triangles | Nikas Culinaria — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:36:42 +0000

[...] trip I am taking this next week to chronicle the making of Italian Porchetta (in contrast to the Colombian Lechona) one day and then the feast of it the [...]

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:30:09 +0000

Thank you. You do fantastic work. I’ve been waiting for the REAL recipe. Following your stories from time to time but no recipe. I have 2weeks to pull this off for my Columbian princess’s birthday. She eats my barbeque pork
like “Hagar the Horrible ” but its not lechona. Keep up the great work

By: ron scott

ron scott — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:13:14 +0000

great site, with lots of information, we are doing our first pigroast this weekend so your experiences will be very helpful.

many thanks ron scott

By: dianne

dianne — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:01:32 +0000

I just returned from Columbia and we had Lechona for Christmas dinner, It was wonderful and I am hungry for it again. Excellent.

By: Nika

Nika — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:09:00 +0000

Wlliam: your work is amazing! I am glad you like this post. Usually I am not bothered by this sort of image (butchering) tho I did see a shot on Flickr of a pile of pork spinal columns and that bothered me!

If I ever get a chance to go to Colombia again, I will look you up. We can cruz the local mercados. Wish I could come down and do a photoseries on Colombian food (street, market, home, restaurant, campesino, etc) but I do not have the funds for that, but I can dream!

Thanks for stopping by.