| Hola my name is Ana, thank you for your visit! Alfajor is a traditional cookie from South America, deeply encrusted in the culture of Peru and Argentina among other countries. Let me try to tell you the story of how this adventure began, I promise I'll try to make it short. Memories are such a big part of our lives... I grew up in Ecuador. My mother is Peruvian so we used to travel to Lima from time to time to visit my grandparents and the rest of the family. There was no money for plane tickets, so it was a two day adventure from Guayaquil to Lima by bus. I can understand now the thrill it was for my mother to go back, now that I experience the same sensation whenever I go back to my country, by plane this time... One of the things you want to do is eat all the goodies you miss. Out we went looking for all sorts of "comida criolla" traditional food, one of them was the alfajores. That's how they came to my life. I am not a big sweet eater myself, but just to let you know how a cookie like the alfajor can stay with you forever let me tell you a curious anecdote: when I was pregnant with my second daughter Sophia, I found this Peruvian restaurant near one of my husband client's business (about 10 miles away from my house). I saw the alfajores and bought a couple, the next time a couple more, and every time my husband would go there I would ask him to bring me some. One day I bought half a dozen and ate them all by myself! After Sophia was born, no alfajores ever crossed my path again, until about two years ago when I decided to find a recipe and bake them. Several trials allowed me to design a recipe of my own, everybody who tries the alfajores just loves them! | 
