Traditional Food
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Rice and Fried Egg, Cuzco’s Favorite Fast Food
Peru may be famous for corn and potatoes, of which it seems there are an infinity of varieties, but it…
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Wheat Soup (Chaque) to Beat the Cold
When chill settles on Cuzco, its people turn to something warm, such as a good soup. Trigo chaque (in Quechua…
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Manna in the Streets
Wide, white kernels of soft corn adorn many street corners in Cuzco where they join many other snacks that keep…
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Chicken, Christmas Eve, and the Change of Time
Three, two, one, the people of Cuzco count down on Christmas Eve, as if waiting for a space ship to…
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Sweet Bread and Christmas in Cuzco
A tall wedge of lightly citrusy bread laden with colorful fruit goes with Christmas in Peru, like the Inca Pachacutec…
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Popped Beans and Explosive Struggle
They look like little pigeon eggs, but when tossed in the mouth they crunch into a puff of air and…
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At the Markets’ Door: Cuzco’s Original fast Food
Cuzco offers a magnitude of surprises, as one walks its streets and neighborhoods. There are so many details that they…
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Simplicity, Corn and Beans (Mote and Puspo)
One kind of food is that which is enshrined in the elaborate, while another seems basic and simple. Cuisines have…
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Cuzco’s Special Sweet Empanadas
Cuzco has its own sweets, like the “Holy Week empanadas”. Though their largest demand is on Thursday of Holy…
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Potatoes and Franks, an Untypical Tradition in Street Food
To get close to a plate of salchipapas, even though it is simple, is to be wrapped round and round…
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