Food & Drinks
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Trotamundos Doesn’t Need Selling
A seat on the balcony over Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas — its main square — draws people. Yet not…
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Soup, Hail, and Thunder
Food and stories go together like soup and cold days. Right now, the sun shines, though it does not heat…
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Cuzco’s Snack, Toqto and Cancha
Cities not only have food, they have snacks, those tidbits you just have to much on because they are there.…
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Alpaca, a Story
Dark and juicy like beef, alpaca meat graces many plates in tourist restaurants in Cuzco and very few dishes in…
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Cheers, Pisco and Peru
This week Peru celebrates its anniversary in an outpouring of national pride. While patriotism is part of the air people…
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Cafe Ayllu: Grace, Tradition, and Good Coffee
What is a good coffee? While for some the question might hinge solely on the brew itself as if brewing…
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Life, Death, and Stuffed Hot Peppers
Fat and sassy, rocotos rellenos (stuffed hot peppers) peer out from their wrappings on many street corners in Cuzco, such…
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Skewered Meat and Embedded Meaning, Anticuchos
As dusk falls, Maruri street fills with the smells of grilling meat just as traffic is at its densest. Portable…
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Guinea Pig, Pet or Festive Meal
“Did you know that in other countries they don’t eat guinea pig” said the one young man to the other…
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Yurac Restaurant a Hopeful Beginning
White is its name in Quechua, Yurac, and white is the color of its decor. White is also its specialty,…
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