Maria Aguirre
Location
Guayaquil, Ecuador
School
Northeastern University
Expertise
Latin American Food, Coffee, Homemade Cooking
- She wrote the first ever Ecuadorian recipes for Food 52, a fish-based soup called Fanesca that Ecuadorians prepare for Easter, and a green plantain omelet named tigrillo.
- Maria wrote a Guayaquil food guide for a special Ecuadorian edition of National Geographic Traveller UK, including trendy restaurants and favorite coffee shops.
- She interviewed James Beard award-winning chef David Vargas, owner of Vida Cantina in Portsmouth, NH, for New Hampshire Public Radio' Spanish newscast.
Experience
Maria started her food writing career with her own food blog while in college. She wrote her personal anecdotes about food, and this is how she got a job as a radio host on a local station to interview relevant people in the Guayaquil food scene. Today, Maria produces the Spanish newscast for New Hampshire Public Radio. Besides food, she writes about body positivity and mental health on her personal Medium page in Spanish. For NHPR, she produced a radio story about how Latino families in NH connect to their roots through the plates they cook for Thanksgiving.
Education
After getting a bachelor's degree in communications in Guayaquil, Maria pursued a master's degree at Northeastern University in Boston, MA, while writing for school newspapers like Storybench, The Scope, and Global Observer. She did an online food writing course at Gotham Writers Workshop.
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Stories By Maria Aguirre
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Sure, you know the difference between a latte and a cappuccino. But do you know what a ristretto is and how it differs from a regular espresso shot?
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Sometimes we add a bit too much spice to our spicey dishes. And while you may not think it can be saved, think again. One pantry staple will help dim the fire.
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Banana bread has to rest after baking — here's why.
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You might be surprised to learn the first year Starbucks began offering food.
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Grocery store habits, like breaking up produce, can be hard to break. But there's one thing you don't want to do while buying bananas from the grocery store.
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Smoking meat typically involves a sizable appliance dedicated to cooking up those juicy meats, but they aren't required to get that satisfying, smoky flavor.
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In order to make coffee decaffeinated, the caffeine first needs to be extracted from the coffee. But where does that caffeine end up? Read on to find out.