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Penn State University Press - Black cookstove: meditations on literature, culture, and cuisine in colombia, paperback/germán patiño ossa

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Winner of the 2006 Andr s Bello Award for Memory and Ibero-American Thought In this evocatively written book, Germ n Pati o Ossa presents the cultural universe and national identities of Colombia through the lens of traditional cuisine.

Focusing on the Cauca Valley, a fertile area in southwestern Colombia where Spanish, Native American, and African communities converged over the centuries, Pati o Ossa studies the food of these communities and its place in the region's culture.