About the Author

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In four decades of travel researching guidebooks around the whole of South America, Ben Box has enjoyed the flavors of the region at roadside shacks, market comedores, indigenous kitchens, Welsh tea rooms and the most modern restaurants. Every experience, from receptions with government ministers to lunch in community projects for displaced children, has fostered a deep appreciation of what South America has to offer the visitor. The restrictions of travel imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic has given all travelers time to reflect on what it is that makes visiting other countries so special. For Ben, food is integral to so many memorable occasions and to share its character and variety through cooking and writing is the perfect opportunity to rekindle the joy of travel, to combine the stories that have arisen on the road with the stories behind the food and drink of an inspirational part of the world.