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Traditional Food
Boiled Potatoes to Dull Hunger
Potatoes are used in a great majority of our dishes, if not almost all. This carbohydrate has different shapes, sizes,…
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Food & Drinks
The Joy of Potatoes and Uchukuta
Food is so many things to people, but one of the most important is taste which includes scent. I recently…
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Ingredients
The Origin of Potatoes
Everywhere you go, you find potatoes today, from the Siberia to South Africa. It is hard to imagine not just…
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Celebration
Homage to Peru’s Native Potatoes Today
Humble, trailing dirt, the potato is the heart of Peruvian cuisine and its civilization. It is not the majestic corn,…
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Boiled Eggs, Potatoes, and Ocopa: a Perfect Combination for the Morning
Boiled eggs are one of the foods children and adults in Cusco eat most. It is a star in Cusco’s…
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History
Globe Trotting Sweet Potatoes
Boiled Sweet Potato Everyone in the United States will eat something Peruvian this Thursday, though they may not know it.…
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Recipes
Two Recipes for Mashed Potatoes, Fluffy US vs Peruvian Gold
The Potato. Legend has it that Sir Walter Raleigh “made a gift of the potato plant to Queen Elizabeth, who…
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Events
Cebiche-Style Sweet Potatoes (Yams) for Thanksgiving
Four Different Kinds of Sweet Potatoes in Utah Without Peru we would have no Thanksgiving in the United States. The…
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Food & Drinks
Meat, Potatoes, and Dance Help Pay Medical Emergencies in Cusco
A Parrillada in a Neighborhood On Cusco’s tables you often find the traditional chicken, beef-pork, or trout, generally called pollada,…
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Folklore
The Legend of Where Potatoes Came From
An old tale says that God had pity on a community that was oppressed by the growers of quinoa. To…
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