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Laylita - Layla Pujol

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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  1. Carla says

    March 26, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    Can’t wait for your cookbook! Love ALL your recipes. Wishing you the best to your family and all your loved ones. -Ecuatoriana en Washington D.C.

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  2. Jenny Fiorello says

    March 5, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    Hola Laylita! Llevo 51 años de casada con un italiano, soy española, vivi en Venezuela, también en Redmond, Wa y ahora en Idaho. Siempre me ha gustado cocinar y modestia aparte, me defiendo (eso dicen) con comida española, italiana, americana, vegetariana y algunas cosas de Venezuela. Tengo muchos libros de recetas, pero sinceramente, TU eres mi ídolo en la cocina! Tu estilo de explicar cómo hacer las cosas, las buenas fotos, sin olvidarnos que lo haces en tres idiomas, es algo increíble, de lo que muchos cocineros en television deberían tomar nota. No te imaginas a cuantas personas les he recomendado tu pagina web. Felicitaciones!

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    • Layla Pujol says

      March 6, 2022 at 2:27 am

      Hola Jenny – Mil gracias por tu comentario tan lindo y por las recomendaciones! Hasta hace poco viví en Kirkland, WA – o sea casi éramos vecinas. Un abrazo grande!

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  3. Alicia J Chafin says

    September 4, 2021 at 8:32 am

    So excited to find your blog. We just returned from 2 weeks in Ecuador. I fell in love with ALL the aji. And my husband ate locro at every meal and keeps being me to make it. We are headed to the Intl Farmers Mkt today to try to find some ingredients!

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  4. Frank D Hankins says

    August 14, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    Laylita, my family and I lived a total of 15 years in Ecuador, 11 of those years in Guayaquil. It was in that coastal city that my family learned to love arroz con menestra and seco de pollo. My costeño friends introduced me to encebollado de pescado. Thanks for the great recipes!

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