The Coca Cookbook: 35 Recipes With The Forbidden Superfood

Vegans, prostate to God, Glory to Him, the exalted One: it was discovered that Erythroxylum leaves from Chapare, Bolivia, when compared to an average of 50 vegetable products found in Latin America, are “higher in calories (305/100g compared to 279), protein (18,9g: 11,4g), carbohydrate (42,6g: 37,1g), fiber (14,4g: 3,2g), ash (9,0g: 2,0g), calcium (1540mg: 99mg), phosphorus (911mg: 270mg), iron (45,8mg: 3,6mg), vitamin A (11.000 IU: 135 IU) and riboflavin (1,91mg: 0,18mg)”. And while the ordinary consumption of coca leaves benefits health, the concentration of cocaine alkaloid in the leaf is so little that it won't lead to addiction nor to any physical health issue according to a broad cocaine-study conducted between 1992 and 1994 by the World Health Organization. Au contraire, the study, which covers 19 countries and 22 cities, encourages to focus on the positive health effects of coca.

You are reading the first cookbook that cooks with coca. Here you will find an extensive vegetarian collection of the so called Novoandina Kitchen, which seeks to continue and adapt the traditional incan kitchen to a global world. A wide range of cooked and baked goods, even dishes can be made with coca simply by grinding the leaves into a healthier version of flour called harina. Harina can also be stirred into juices or blended in smoothies. Keep in mind that you can mix harina in any food requiring flour, the magical recipes in this cookbook will show you how. So buy organic, que aproveche and bon appetit! 

 Sincerely, Dr Bebe Fiammetta