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Customs
Festive Meals, the Guinea Pig, and the Fox in Cuzco
In Cuzco people love guinea pig. Not only is it a common animal kept in the house, it is also…
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Ingredients
A Mint-Like Peruvian Herb, Muña
The cold of Peru’s highlands is like a living presence. It plays important roles in life in the highlands. Our…
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Wake the Dead with Fish Soup, Chilcano
While the ancient, Inca city of Cuzco is known for its indigenous Andean food, it also has food that originates…
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Customs
Yerba Buena, Cuzco’s Mint, Enlivens its Traditional Food
Yerba buena with its sweet taste of mint, not only enlivens palates it fills Cuzco’s gardens with freshness given Its…
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Food & Drinks
Cuy Canca, a Dish that Delights Cuzco’s People
If there is a dish that delights Cuzco’s inhabitants more than any other, it is cuy canca or fire roasted…
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Traditional Food
The Best Flavor in Cuzco’s Cooking Still Comes from the Batán, the Grinding Stones.
If you make a hot sauce on what we in Cuzco call a batán, a grinding stone, you obtain the…
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Ingredients
Tomatos, though Native, Play a Mysteriously Small Role in Cuzco
Though a fruit the tomato is the ruby of vegetables. Desired and sought after, in a complex history it originated…
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Recipes
Wild Mushroom Capchi
Capchi is simply one of Cuzco’s favorite foods. This is not only a land where people love guinea pig, pork,…
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Restaurants
A Hit, Don Lucho’s Pollipapa, Fried Chicken and French Fries
Chicken hot off the rotisserie with french fries is a favorite food of Peruvians. Called “pollo a la brasa” which…
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Commentary
Chef’s Sunday: Peru’s Summer Gastronomic Treat, The Boulevard of Asia
Every year, as summer begins on the coast, people from everywhere flock to the Boulevard of Asia south of Lima,…
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