Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Central America recipes. This page provides links to all the recipes from Central America presented on this site, with 85 recipes in total.

These recipes, for the major part, originate in the Americas. Otherwise they are fusion recipes with major influences from the Americas.

Central America, is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering the United States and the Gulf of Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually defined as consisting of eight countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a high amount of seismic activity in the region, such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, which has resulted in death, injury, and property damage.

In the pre-Columbian era, Central America was inhabited by the Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica to the north and west and the Isthmo-Colombian peoples to the south and east. Following the Spanish expedition of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, Spain began to colonize the Americas. From 1609 to 1821, the majority of Central American territories (except for what would become Belize and Panama, and including the modern Mexican state of Chiapas) were governed by the viceroyalty of New Spain from Mexico City as the Captaincy General of Guatemala. On 24 August 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which established New Spain's independence from Spain.[3] On 15 September 1821, the Act of Independence of Central America was enacted to announce Central America's separation from the Spanish Empire and provide for the establishment of a new Central American state. Some of New Spain's provinces in the Central American region (i.e. what would become Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) were annexed to the First Mexican Empire; however in 1823 they seceded from Mexico to form the Federal Republic of Central America until 1838.

In 1838, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua became the first of Central America's seven states to become independent countries, followed by El Salvador in 1841, Panama in 1903, and Belize in 1981.[5] Despite the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America, countries like Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua continue to maintain a Central American identity.[6] The Belizeans are usually identified as culturally Caribbean rather than Central American, while the Panamanians identify themselves more broadly with their South American neighbours.

The Countries in the Central America

Central America

Arms	Flag	Name of Territory	Capital	Name in Official Language(s)
		Belize	Belmopan	Belize/Bileez (Belizean Creole)
		Costa Rica	San José	Republic of Costa Rica/República de Costa Rica (Spanish)
		El Salvador	San Salvador	Republic of El Salvador/República de El Salvador (Spanish)
		Guatemala	Guatemala City	Republic of Guatemala/República de Guatemala (Spanish)
		Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Republic of Honduras/República de Honduras (Spanish)
		Nicaragua	Managua	Republic of Nicaragua/República de Nicaragua (Spanish)
		Panama	Panama City	Republic of Panama/República de Panamá (Spanish)