Traditional Food
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Cooking that Breaks a Tradition, Traditional Restaurant Don Mateo
Traditional cuisine represents a community, city or country. In it we can discover their way of life as well as…
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Hidden Treasures of Food in Cuzco, Wariques
In Cuzco, people often talk about a warique (wah-ree-kay,) a favorite restaurant where ordinary people eat but that is not…
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Chef’s Sunday: Olluco with Jerky
An ancient dish that ruled the Inca’s table and still holds court in the homes of all Peruvians is olluco…
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Sweet Corn Cake, A Way to Cuzco’s Heart
Sweet corn cake (pastel de choclo), one of Cuzco’s distinctive traditions, keeps crossing borders. It is easy to make and,…
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Peru Celebrates the National Day of Ceviche
What can be simpler than fresh fish, or other sea food, in lime juice. Yet, when well done, it is…
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Cuzco’s Festive Dish, Chiriuchu
Chiriuchu, Cuzco’s festive dish, is like a world on a plate. It works for festivities because it brings everything together,…
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Corpus Christi Begins
Two major events will energize Cuzco this month. At the end of the month falls the pageant of Inti Raymi…
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A Different and Subtle Cuzco Hot Sauce
On Mothers Day, while the men in the garden struggled to get the heat right to grill large, thin pork…
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Corn Lawa, A Delicious Cuzco Tradition
Corn, as we well know, has been the most important crop in the Andes since the time of the Incas.…
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Much More than a Seed: Quinoa in Cuzco
Though it has various spellings–quinoa, quinua, or kinwa– this seed is a grain that we in Cuzco have inherited from…
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