“A person’s work is nothing but a long journey to recover, through the detours of art, the two or three simple and great images which first gained access to their hearts.” ~Albert Camus

16 June 2010

Making Panela

Panela is an unrefined food product, typical in Ecuador and South America. It's basically a solid piece of pure sucrose obtained from the boiling, evaporation and cooling of sugarcane.
 Fresh hot Panela is molded into solid cubes at a family farm in Nanegal, Ecuador.