The wisdom of ancient kitchens
Dan Buettner in the Okinawa blue zone. Photo by Dan McLain/National Geographic National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner investigates the food and culture of those who live the longest, and comes back with recipes Most mornings, Cowboy Jose Bonifacio rides his horse Corazón five miles to go see two old friends. Bonifacio is known far and wide as one of the great vaqueros, or cowboys, of the Guanacaste province on the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica. He began riding horses in 1921, at the age of 4. He’s 102 years old. His two friends are both over 100. Two years ago, National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner went looking for the great cowboy, who he’s known for years. Buettner has led several expeditions to the Nicoya Peninsula because it is home to some of the longest living humans on Earth, and longevity has been his area of inquiry for the last decade and a half. He’s written four books and dozens of National Geographic articles about the so-called blue zones, the five areas scattered across the planet where people live the longest. He sought out Bonifacio — who is not hard to find, having lived in the same house all his 102 years — for his newest book, “The Blue Zones Kitchen.”…
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