My name is Layla Pujol, my family and friends call me Laylita. I was born in Vilcabamba, Ecuador and currently live in Luxembourg. I spent several years in the US, both in Austin and in Seattle, and our family recently moved to Europe. My recipes are inspired mainly by traditional Ecuadorian dishes that I grew up eating in Ecuador. However, my love of food – and therefore the recipes posted here – go beyond Ecuador and include anything from Latin America, my mom’s spicy New Mexican cooking, my grandmother’s homemade Southwestern dishes and Texas style BBQ, my husband’s (and his family’s) delicious French food, new dishes introduced by my amazing group of international friends, and of course the great variety of seafood, vegetables and fruits available in the Pacific Northwest.
I am currently working on my first cookbook, which will focus on delicious Ecuadorian recipes (adapted to my style, of course!).
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If you have any questions or comments you can leave them in the comment section, or you can email me directly layla at laylita dot com
I would like to thank you for such a page, I’ve been looking for good ecuadorian recipes for a long time. I grew up in ecuador until I was 17, now I’m 32 living in Sydney, Australia where Ecuadorian cooking is not existant at all! My Mrs is Italian so fortunately I won’t starve yet, hehehe, anyhow I started with la menestra tonight, wish me luck…
I love the fresh ingredients. And flavors in your blog. I am happy to be a subscriber.
Dear Laylita,
You have produced one of the best Ecuadorian food websites with the right food instructions, from what you write we can see your really passionate about the food and what you cook.
I from Ecuador, I live in London and I have passed the website to a couple of my friends that are English, they love the dishes the way they are presented and they have tried a couple of them .
Overall I think what you have done is great and you should keep it.
Thank you
G.T.
I am so happy to have found this website!
I wanted to involve my Ecuadorian heritage in my wedding menu… which is difficult when my family doesn’t write recipes down and we aren’t the best at explaining how we cook things. This website is the perfect tool for my (amazing) caterer.
Thank you!
Laylita, you’re killing me. Your recipes are amazing. My father is from Chile and one of my best friends is half Peruvian, so I’ve grown up with a lot of this food. I’m so happy to see all of these scrumptious recipes all in one spot and beautifully photographed and executed. I can’t wait to try, but I have to pick one to start with – so many delicious choices. You have dominated my pinning activity tonight on Pinterest and am happy to be your newest follower.
Ciao for now,
Krista
Dear Laylita
I had become addicted to your blog, seriously. We are a family of four, my husband and my two children and we live in Ga. We are originally from Quito and my father in law was from Loja. Last Friday I called my husband at work to tell him I had a surprise for him, as soon as he got home from the front door he said ” huele a repe!”. Your recipe was a great success. Now I am planing of cooking recipes just from your blog 3 times a week, assuming we will have leftovers to eat the rest of the days, until I have tried all of your recipes. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks again for such an amazing, educational and entertaining site. Many blessing for you and your family. Irina
Hello Laylita
Patricia & I love to cook and are considering a move to Vilca. We currently live on the central coast of Ca. We have a small organic citrus & sub tropical fruit farm here. We want to go south to be able to grow year round! We grow an excellent variety of passion fruit (Fredrick). If you need any we would be happy to send some to you.
PS: Love your recipes and your presentation! So glad to have found your site.
Jim & Patricia
Hoal, Laylita
Me encanto encontrar tu website cuando buscaba como hornear pan de yuca.
Las recetas son deliciosas y muchas me recuerdan de cenas y almuerzos con mi familia cuando vivia en Quito.
Voy a probar muchas de ellas, las fotos tomadas en la preparacion de cada plato estan excellentes.
Muchas gracias por tu arduo trabajo.
Pia
I spent five weeks in Ecuador for a summer exchange with EIL.. I loved it and the food. I have not been able to find the recipes for any of the main foods I ate and enjoyed until now this web cite is great. Thanks for the recipes…
SO happy to find your web-site. I am a true mutt – Irish/Scot/German/Navajo/ plus some more. But I dearly love experimenting with different tastes and types of food and so many of your recipes look absolutely wonderful. A friend showed me your Locro de papas recipe and I was hooked.
Thank you!