Central American cuisine

Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions as an annual crop for its edible starchy tuberous root. Cassava is predominantly consumed in boiled form, but substantial quantities are processed to extract cassava starch, called tapioca, which is used for food, animal feed, and industrial purposes. The Brazilian , and the related

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A tortilla (, ) is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from masa, and now also from wheat flour.

dairy product produced by fermenting a regular cream with certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria

vegetable harvested from the inner core of certain palm trees

Tostones (, from the Spanish verb tostar, "to toast") are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine.

cuisine originating from Costa Rica

latin American griddle

Masa or masa de maíz (; ) is a dough made from ground nixtamalized corn. It is used for making corn tortillas, gorditas, tamales, pupusas, and many other Latin American dishes.

Salpicon (, meaning "hodgepodge" or "medley"; ) is a dish of one or more ingredients diced or minced and bound with a sauce or liquid. There are different versions found in Spanish and the broader Latin American cuisine and Filipino cuisine. A salpicon is sometimes used as stuffing.

dish made of bovine testicles

typical foods, beverages, and cooking styles in Latin America

culinary traditions of Guatemala

culinary traditions of Honduras

culinary traditions of Panama

culinary traditions of Belize

culinary traditions of El Salvador

mixture of indigenous Native American cuisine, Spanish cuisine, and Creole cuisine

Mexican street food

diet of the Ancient Mesoamerican civilization

thumb|Calabaza fruits for sale in a supermarket in the Philippines thumb|Calabaza vine Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish language for any type of winter squash. Within an English-language context it specifically refers to the West Indian pumpkin, a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies, tropical America, and the Philippines. Calabaza is the common name for Cucurbita moschata in Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Philippines (where it is also spelled kalabasa). C. moschata is also known as ahuyama in Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela; ayote in Central A

thumb|Moronga Moronga (also called rellena, morcilla, or mbusia) is a kind of blood sausage. It is found in Uruguayan, Argentine, Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, Central American (El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica), Mexican, and Paraguayan cuisine.