Hola and Welcome to My Colombian Recipes. I hope you enjoy your visit!
My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Medellin, Colombia. I moved to the United States in 2000. I live in Connecticut with my husband and our two boys. I am not a professional chef however. My educational background is in Tourism and Hotel Management and Marketing. Although Spanish is my first language, this site is written in English, so please excuse any grammatical errors…I do my best.
I published my first cookbook “I Cook Latin Food: The Best Recipes from 5 Popular Hispanic Cooking Blogs (Spanish Edition)” in 2021 with Penguin Random House.
Growing up in Colombia, cooking was always important in our family. We gathered at mamita’s house every weekend where she cooked traditional Colombian dishes that have remained family favorites years later.
For more facts about me click here.
About the blog
This blog was created in February 2009 and was inspired by my maternal grandmother, who was a very important person in my life and an amazing traditional Colombian cook. I never saw Mamita cooking from a recipe. She made dinner from whatever ingredients she found in the kitchen. My hope is that people from other countries discover Colombian food and learn more about our culture and traditions. Cooking traditional Colombian food connects me to my culture and allows me to share my heritage with my American family.
My recipes are not limited to traditional Colombian food. I have many other recipes for dishes representing other countries that I enjoy cooking for my family and friends, which I will also share with you. The sources of most of my recipes are my family, friends and my own creations and experiments, but if I cook a dish from a magazine, cookbook or TV show, I will list the source. All of the pictures and writing are done by me. The webmaster of My Colombian Recipes is my husband, who doesn’t get a lot credit, but he handles all the technical stuff for the site.
Comments and e-mails
I appreciate all of your comments, feedback and e-mails. I read every single one of them! I am not always able to reply to them all but I will do my best to answer your questions as quickly as possible. Although I appreciate constructive criticism, rude comments will be deleted and not published. Remember, you can also subscribe to My Colombian Recipes by email or feed reader and never miss a post! Thank you for visiting.
This site is also available in Spanish (en español en este enlance)
Erica
@Joan and Soma,
Thank you very much for the wonderful comments! I love your blogs too 🙂
Soma
Dear Erica
what a pretty lady you are! For someone who did not know much english you do a fabulous job.. I don't think anyone reading your blog could say that you did not grow up knowing the language all thru out. I love Ricki's accent!! & it happens to be our favorite thing to watch. thanks for sharing your sweet love story!
same is with my blog.. my hubby takes care of all the tech. stuff.. I just cook & write.
your recipes rock Erica. I had no clue about colombian recipes. it is who I learned it all from. so keep it coming with your Mamita's inspiration;-)
Joan Nova
You're doing a great job Erica. It's had to believe English is a second language for you (and a fairly new one at that). I really enjoy your blog.
Erica
@Mistli, Diana and Felisha,
Thank you so much for the lovely comments! I really appreciate it 🙂
Erica
Thank you guys for the wonderful comments!
Felisha
I really appreciate you taking the time to post your recipes. I love how you have a picture to go along with every single recipe you post. Me and my colombian husband (and daughter) enjoy the food I make from your recipes. I am on Facebook as one of your fans. Stop by sometime 🙂
Gracias por todas las recetas! 🙂
Mistli78
Erica,
Thank you so much for sharing your story & all your great recipes. I love opening your emails everyday, reading the recipes & the little stories that go along with them. I love that you are sharing your culture with us and helping us to learn about Colombia. My grandmother was from Venezuela so alot of your recipes & stories bring back memories to me also. I'm so glad that I found your site and I hope you continue it for a long time!!
Con Mucho Carino,
Mistli
Diana
Erica, I just love your site and everything that you share about your culture and country! Your families recipes are amazing!
Bea
Erica,
Qué emoción me dio encontrar tu sitio. Great job!
Nací en Cali, pero vivo en Chicago.
Erica
Bea,
Gracias por tu mensaje tan lindo. Me alegra que te guste la pagina 🙂
Jorge
Hi Erica, can't tell you how delighted I am to find your site. I too am from Colombia and I also enjoy cooking not only our "platos Tipicos" but also recipes from all over the world. You made me remember dishes I have not thought about in years and I will be preparing them soon. MIL y MIL Gracias for sharing your knowledge and for your desire to promote our culture....and of course it took a "Paisa" to make it happen...
No soy Paisa pero si admiro y respesto el espiritu emprendedor de los Antioquenos !
Erica
Hi Jorge,
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!
eric west
Hello,i am doing research for afro columbians and came across your site.Can you help me further,any recipes or cook books you suggest?I hope to travel their in the future for the experience.Thanks and God Bless.
Jason
Hi Erica,
THanks for publishing these wonderful recipes..Stumbled upon your site looking for avena fria recipes as my boyfriend loves it..He is from Colombia and is very proud of his country and food.He however cant cook..I am the cook and enjoy it.Have no clue really about how to make colombian food although I tried ajiaco one time and got good reviews from him and his family..I just finished making the avena fria and the lentil soup recipe..tastes soooooo yummmy..thank you erica...buen parecho...i think the spelling is wrong but you got the drift..
love jason
Erica
Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for your comment and your feedback!
Baking is my Zen
It's nice to see who does all that fabulous cooking! My sister-inlaw is from Colombia and her family are great cooks. So, when I see your posts I can relate to many of them. Thank you for sharing your ethnic cuisine. It's fantastic. Nice picture of Mamita too. Great blog!
Smiles,
Carmen of Baking is my Zen
Erica
Thank you Carmen!
Robin
I am a property manager working for a Columbian family in Jupiter Florida. Their cook of many years had a recent medical emergency and will not be available for many months. They need a Latin chef, preferably Colombian for a live in position until March or April.of 2023. Do you know of anyone you could recommend?
Erica
Odalis,
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate your comments 🙂
Odalis Moise
Hello Erica!
I think we share the same passion for food and cultures. I want to congratulate you on a fabulous job in introducing your readers to your country through the palate. I have been enjoying all your recipes and believe me I will try them because I love to cook. It is my dream to visit Colombia one day, but for now I comfort myself with videos on the internet and yes, off course, the great "novelas". I have friends from Colombia and I have always being interested in the culture, as well as its music. Well Erica, keep up the great work. Best of luck and may God bless you.
Odalis
viviana
Thank's Erica for putting together this little piece of our culture.
Me encanta la sencillez de tu estilo literario.
Great recipes!
Erica
Hi Viviana,
Thank you very much for your comment! I am glad you like my Colombian recipes 🙂