{"id":39315,"date":"2011-08-12T07:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T11:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=39315"},"modified":"2020-09-08T08:39:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:39:39","slug":"costa-rican-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/costa-rican-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rican Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most travelers and tourists assume that all Latin American cuisine is spicy, with many peppers, chilis, and corn-based foods. This is not true of traditional Costa Rican food, which is mild with spices but packed full of flavor. Garlic, herbs, and milder spices are all used to lend Costa Rican food rich flavors, and the majority of meals here center around the diet staples of rice and beans.<\/p>\n
You can find just about any traditional Costa Rican foods in the little, mom-and-pop owned \u201cSodas<\/em>,\u201d or restaurants, that line the streets in almost every town. In taverns, various small dishes (boquitas) are served which include patacones with black bean dip, chimichurri (tomatoes and onions pickled in lime juice) accompanied with tortilla chips, chifrijo (rice and beans with chicharrones, which are fried pork skins, and chimichurri), ceviche (fish and\/or shrimp with onions and pickled in lime juice) and vigor\u00f3n (cabbage, chimichurri, yucca, served with a slice of lime).<\/p>\n Most folks in Costa Rica will tell you, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica boasts a different flavor and feeling than the rest of the country. Heavily influenced by Jamaican culture, much of the food here is spicier with a more Caribbean flair. Rice and beans on this side of Costa Rica are often cooked with coconut milk, lending the concoction a much sweeter flavor. The cuisine on this coast also relies heavily on the many fish and shellfish that are caught daily, and the sea food here is truly divine.<\/p>\n Since Catholicism is very prevalent in Costa Rica, two of the biggest holidays in the country are Christmas and Easter. In fact, the week leading up to Easter is called \u201cSemana Santa<\/em>\u201d or Holy Week, and many Costa Ricans take 3 or even 4 days off to celebrate. Holidays in Costa Rica are a time for families to get together and enjoy some delicious foods, such as:<\/p>\n Most travelers and tourists assume that all Latin American cuisine is spicy, with many peppers, chilis, and corn-based foods. This is not true of traditional Costa Rican food, which is mild with spices but packed full of flavor. Garlic, herbs, and milder spices are all used to lend Costa Rican food rich flavors, and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":38960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[2346,2340,2444,33575,33576,3876,33595,33179,33581,33578,33574,33593,2350,33579,33580,33177,33582,33577,33573,33571],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Why-You-Should-Invest-In-Costa-Rica.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39326,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39315\/revisions\/39326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39315"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=39315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Traditional Costa Rican Foods<\/h3>\n
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Drinks<\/h3>\n
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The Caribbean Side<\/h3>\n
Holidays<\/h3>\n
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