Identities: A Journey Through Conscious Gastronomy
Identidades is a signature cookbook born from the alliance between República del Cacao and the World Food Programme, two organizations that are joining forces to transform gastronomy into a force for change.
This initiative brings together 10 renowned chefs, allies of República del Cacao, who donated their recipes to contribute to food security in Ecuador. Through this gesture, each creation becomes more than a gastronomic offering: it becomes a concrete contribution to a cause that seeks to improve access to adequate nutrition in our country.
A recipe book for discovering stories
Identidades, a journey through conscious gastronomy, is an experience for cooking with awareness and discovering more than a recipe: a story. The cookbook proposes a journey through three territories—mountain, sea, and jungle—where each dish opens a conversation about the origin of the ingredients, the memories that surround them, and the vision of the chefs who transform them.
Throughout its pages, the book brings together 20 signature recipes created by Latin American chefs who transform flavors into a language capable of uniting identity, memory, and origin. Each recipe includes its ingredients, preparation method, nutritional information, and an inspiring story that explains the starting point of each creation. Thus, the recipe book invites readers to understand not only how a dish is prepared, but also what inspires it, what it represents, and how it connects with this gastronomic journey.
Its pages feature both sweet and savory dishes, contemporary techniques, local ingredients, references to traditional cuisine, and emblematic products such as cacao, banana, cassava, peanuts, corn, arazá, pork, lamb, shrimp, and other ingredients that speak to Ecuador's gastronomic diversity.
The cookbook is aimed at gastronomy lovers, cooks, the curious, and all those who enjoy discovering new ways to connect with ingredients, stories, and the cultures behind a recipe. It is an invitation to explore, prepare, and share creations that spring from the land and transform into experiences with purpose.
Ten talented chefs bring identities to life
The heart of Identidades lies in its author chefs. Each brings a different background, their own sensibility, and a particular way of understanding cuisine to the cookbook. Their recipes were not conceived solely as preparations, but as expressions of territory, memory, technique, and purpose.
Although each chef brings a different voice, they all share a common pursuit: respect for ingredients, research into local produce, and the intention to tell a story through their cooking. This shared vision gives depth to the cookbook and makes "Identidades" a proposal built on talent, generosity, and commitment to a greater cause.
Identidades is now available digitally!
All funds raised will be directed to World Food Programme projects focused on food security in Ecuador.
