“In Central America, cacao manifested as the food of the people, and that tells you a lot about how people live,” says Karla McNeil-Rueda, who grew up in a family of sugarcane and coffee farmers in a ...

Come with me as I go on a Nicaraguan street food tour in Moyogalpa ... It’s a corn-based drink that contains cacao, and is so refreshing on a hot day. It was perfect! Moyogalpa was very small ...

of the city of León—a Spanish colonial town on Nicaragua’s Western side. This cacao-based beverage is traditionally consumed alongside a quesillo—a simple cheese-filled corn tortilla topped ...

Nicaragua, situated between Honduras and Costa Rica in Central America, is home to some of the most distinctive foods in Latin America. Its cuisine is a combination of indigenous and Creole food.