Bolivia's gastronomic flag

Food around the world has been considered an important

reason of increment of tourism in different countries,
hamburgers remind us United States, pizza and pasta
from Italy, beer from Germany, but which food represents
Bolivia?
Bolivian food takes part in folklore due to represents not
only the country but also each region of it. In Bolivia, food
is the result of many factors as the location, the climate,
the history, even the people and their customs. It is
important mention that Bolivia has three important regions:
the highlands, the valleys, and the east. On highlands the
food is characterize by potatoes, llama meat, beef, lake
fish, hot drinks, cheese, dry potatoes, and an iconic spicy
sauce that is “llajua” basically is made of tomato, locoto
and quirquiña, the recipe could be modified a little bit. On
valleys is common to eat more variety of corn in food and
drinks, meat vary between pork and beef. On the east
yucca and cheese are habitual garrisons and are
accompanied with beef or river fish. All these regions
share the love for spicy food.
Bolivian gastronomy shows that there is more than one
kind of food that can represent Bolivia, food in this country
must be tasted in every region to fill the colors of the flag,
and also to understand why dried potato is common in a
cold region, why corn varies on valleys and the diversity of
river fish on the east. Bolivian food is not only delicious but
also a source of feelings, knowledge and flavors that
reminds trough the time and a custom that cannot be lost.