A Taste of Nicaragua

This cook book is in remembrance of my mother Esperanza Jarquin, everyone used to call her Mimi. She loved to cook and had a good taste for authentic and flavorful dishes. Most of these recipes are from our home country of Nicaragua, though lots of them were altered to her own taste; her own creative way of cooking. Some recipes are from my grandmother, her mother, who also loved cooking and used to do many dishes that people remembered her for. Others are a collection of my best recipes and others are from my older sisters, my aunt Nelly and many other women who throughout the years shared their recipes and their love for a home cooked meal from their town or city in Nicaragua, The essence of my mother’s approach to cooking was to use the freshest and most natural ingredients and to prepare them using simple traditional methods. Her cooking skills helped her mix all these ingredients to give the dishes the aroma and taste of authentic Nicaraguan food.

- Rosita Morales-Peralta