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Ingredients
Peruvian Limes Hold a Mystery
You may not have noticed it, but you seldom–if ever–see lemons in Peru. Instead, that niche is filled by a…
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Customs
Cusco’s Good Friday Customs
Good Friday, a day celebrating the passion and death of Jesus Christ, is a day of reflection, where everyone laughs,…
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Customs
Holy Week is Sweetened with Meaningful Desserts, Rice Pudding among Them
Rice pudding (arroz con leche) served with another pudding, called mazamorra morada, purple pudding, is one of the most served…
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Desserts
The Flexible and Fun Pichuberry or Aguaymanto
One of Cuzco’s native fruits and a close relative of the husk cherry or ground cherry, this bush has green…
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Food & Drinks
Pears, Cherries, and Capulíes Fill Markets in Cuzco
January is over; the first month of the New Year reaches its end. Nevertheless, new fruit arrives as the high…
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Food & Drinks
Christmas and Hot Chocolate with Panettones and Biscochos
Christmas is anxiously awaited by children with excitement. They love it. They can’t wait to eat panettone with a hot…
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Peruvian Food
Pumpkin Mazamorra, Pudding, in Lima
As we get close, its scent overwhelms us. It makes us think of its dark color and the rhythms of…
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Commentary
Real Plaza Opens in Cuzco
Excitement pulses in Cuzco. “Have you been there yet?” “Have you seen it”. Next to the St. Anthony School, on…
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Ingredients
Avocados Abound in Cuzco and in Peru
Of all the fruits found in Latin America, and probably the world, there is one that is the most common.…
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Commentary
Seeking Machu Picchu
We awkwardly huddled together in Cuzco’s brisk morning air, the way you’d expect a young group of European and American…
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