"Chapinero Alto, the locus of Bogotá's food scene, could just about pass for London's Hampstead-aside from the 2,600 meters of altitude, the yellow trumpet bushes and the emerald surrounds of the Andes. The broad avenues of this smart district are lined with mid-20th-century red-brick mansions designed by French-Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, who reimagined Eurocentric modernism for a post-independence Colombia. Today, one such building is occupied by another national pioneer: Eduardo Martínez, one of the founding fathers of a burgeoning Colombian food movement"
"Back in 2001, when the capital city was defined by mediocre European offerings, Martínez opened Mini-Mal, which is dedicated to social change by using Indigenous rites, and flora and fauna from one of the planet's most biodiverse countries. One thousand varieties of fruit, from mangosteen to soursop, grow across Colombia's more than 300 ecosystems, which span the Amazon, Caribbean, and Pacific, and are home to 65 Indigenous languages."
A new generation of Colombian chefs draws on Indigenous, Afro-Colombian and regional culinary traditions to create world-class restaurants in Bogotá, Cartagena and Medellín. Chapinero Alto in Bogotá hosts innovative kitchens in historic mid-century mansions and benefits from high Andean altitude and rich surroundings. Eduardo Martínez founded Mini-Mal in 2001 to promote social change by using Indigenous rites, native flora and fauna, and alternatives identified through agronomic research. Colombia contains over 1,000 fruit varieties across more than 300 ecosystems, spans Amazon, Caribbean and Pacific regions, and is home to 65 Indigenous languages. Decades of internal conflict diminished national culinary cohesion until a 2016 peace deal.
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