Style icon Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque defines and celebrates the four key influences of Latin style in Décor and Cooking:

ABOUT THE LATIN STYLE BOOK

• Cabana Style evokes the cool of the ocean with endless white beaches, turquoise water, and tropical fruits.
• Hacienda Style is the old world, brick and stone elegance of ranches and country estates set in a rugged landscape.
• Pueblo Style reflects the sun-drenched colors of the marketplace, folk art, colonial architecture, and quiet courtyards.
• Paradiso Style is the lush abundance of the rain forest, filled with life of every kind.

ABOUT THE LIVING AND LOUNGING LATIN STYLE BOOK:

• CABANA STYLE: Freshly caught seafood sizzles alongside well-marinated poultry and pork—their savory flavors playful against the deliberate sweetness of tropical fruits, like plantains and coconuts.
• HACIENDA STYLE: This is a world where homemade cakes are garnished with fresh wildflowers from the garden, and tables are lavished with massive bouquets of hydrangeas and crisp white embroidered linens, each in its own silver ring.
• PUEBLO STYLE: This is a world of guava and guacamole, where tamales wrapped like little bundles of affection evoke the spirit of Mexico, with its humble approach to the art of cooking and entertaining.
• PARADISO STYLE: The dark mystery of this Amazonian remoteness lends itself to gatherings with all varieties of obscurities, a world of exotics, like fresh papaya and raw sugar cane, that come together in some kind of Afro-jungle bliss.