In the mountain villages of Guatemala’s Western Highlands, farmers are combining ancient Maya knowledge with modern ...

GUATEMALA CITY — One of Debora Fadul’s earliest childhood memories is traveling in the backseat of her family’s sedan as her father negotiated long, windy roads to far-flung and verdant villages in ...

The smells of a bygone era waft through the air as Elsa Morales tosses an ancient Mayan spice on her sizzling grill to make a batch of pepian stew. The meaty dish is an explosion of flavors that ...

This is New Guatemalan cuisine, a Mesoamerican culinary movement that’s been brewing for the past couple of decades. The effort has exploded in recent years thanks to a new generation of ...

Food trucks tend to focus on meals that can be enjoyed on the go, so when I came across Shaddai, a new Guatemalan food truck in San Jose, I was shocked to see cooks walking steaming-hot bowls of ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. A dark cobalt blue ...