
Food Culture, Traditional Food
Frog Soup, Food for the Mind
Just inside the bustling San Pedro Market, in front of the Machu Picchu Train Station, Mrs. Raida Valencia sits by … 1 3552
Food Culture, Traditional Food
Cuzco’s Traditional, Hand-Made Bread
While much of the world is caught in the pre-prepared uniformity of industrial breads (even those of the artisanal bread … 2 6900
Ingredients
The Uncucha, an Important Root Crop
Peru is a land of root crops. The potato originated here in all its rainbow of types. But it is … 0 2126
Food Culture, Restaurants, Uncategorized
A Study in Contrasts: Salteñas in Cuzco
A wonder, crusty and slightly sweet pastry outside and spillingly juicy and piquant inside, salteñas [salt-táyn-yuhs] are claiming ever more … 0 2546
Ingredients, Restaurants
Hooray, Eureka, and Yajúu: Smoothies in Cuzco
Smoothies of fresh fruit, many of them unusual tropical fruits native to Peru, in wide and tall glasses, boom among … 0 2078
Archeology, Culture, history, Travel
Funeral Rites in Inca Times
Inca culture was characterized by its religious and magical beliefs where death and life were one. The being did not … 0 1430
Archeology, Culture, history
Mama Qaqa or better known as ‘Mother Stone’
Mama Qaqa or better known as ‘Mother Stone’ is present among the wak’as (or huaca. A wak’a (Quechua) is an … 0 2972
history
PUCUY SUCANCA AND CHIRAO SUCANCA, INCA SOLAR OBSERVATION
One of the most important problems of astronomy and Inca calendar involves an evaluation of the identities and role of … 1 2848
history