Food & Drinks
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Italy on the path of the Sun
If there is a single main corner in Cuzco, one that seems to anchor most things, it has to be…
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Two New Restaurants and Traditional Cuzco Cuisine
Traditional Cuzco food has generally not been a big part of the offerings of restaurants in the tourist core of…
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The Wild Boy and Harmony, Japanese Food in Cuzco
Japanese food is stylish these days in Peru, and Peruvian Japanese cuisine — called nikkei — is part of the…
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A Pageant, a Fair, and Food
The sun bathes Cuzco in its light these days. It moves through the city like a guardian, illuminating first this…
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Cuzco’s Festival Food for the Solstice
Cold and abundant. That is chiriuchu, the dish that is served beginning today and for the next week in Cuzco…
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Llantán, Cuzco’s Hot Sauce
Peru is a land with a rich variety of hot sauces made from its rainbow of ají peppers and herbs.…
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Baking Potatoes in the Earth at the Solstice
Do you like baked potatoes? There really is something delectable about their crispy outer skin and the softness of their…
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A Story of Chocolate in Cuzco
Chocolate and love fall together so frequently that as a couple they are a cliché. Yet in Cuzco a new…
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Adobo and Cuzco’s Red and White
Think of stewed, tender pork in a lightly sour broth, mildly seasoned with mild red aji, garlic, and a faint…
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To Stave off the Cold, Emolientes
At the edge of night and the edge of day, times when cold comes down into town and settles for…
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