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Sending, bringing, consuming and researching food parcels Mata Codesal, Diana Abranches, Maria Cuina equatoriana Comerç d'aliments Cuina de l'Amèrica del Sud Ecuadorian cooking Food trade South-American cooking In 2008, on my first fieldwork visit to Andean Ecuador, I (Diana) encountered, hanging in the window of a carrier agency in the city of Cuenca, a picture of a roasted guinea pig stuffed with hominy and ready to be sent to the US. The sending of food parcels from this region--locally known as Austro--to the US has long been common practice for local families with members abroad. In particular, guinea pig--locally known as cuy-- is a culturally-loaded foodstuff throughout the Andes (Archetti 1997),widely consumed in festive and ceremonial events in Andean Ecuador, and which reportedly ‘travels well’ (Abbots 2008). 2025-10-20T10:11:45Z 2025-10-20T10:11:45Z 2017-08-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Versió postprint del capítol del llibre:Mata Codesal, Diana, Abranches, Maria (eds.) Food parcels in International Migration. Intimate Connections. Capítol del llibre: Mata Codesal, Diana, Abranches, Maria (eds.) Food parcels in International Migration. Intimate Connections, Londres: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017[ ISBN 978-3-319-40372-4] pp. 1-21 (c) Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Palgrave Macmillan Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Antropologia Social)