desserts
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Customs
A Parade of Sweets Takes over Cuzco in Holy Week
Traditional desserts fill the markets and plazas of Cuzco with different colors and tastes every day during Holy Week when…
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Ingredients
Peaches Rule for Easter in Cuzco
During Easter peaches show up in Cuzco and are an important food for the holiday. Of course they are enjoyed…
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Customs
Sweets and Palms in Cuzco on Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday and with it begins Holy Week. Though strongly based in its indigenous past, Cuzco is also…
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Peruvian Food
Chef’s Sunday: A Sweet Sigh, Lima’s Classic Dessert
The sweetness of a dessert gives us a moment of happiness and makes life feel better. It reminds us of…
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Apple Pie on the Streets on Cuzco
While walking down Marques Street I saw a curly haired woman offering temp´ting slices of apple pie to passersby. She…
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Desserts
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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Restaurants
Fantasy Comes to Cuzco at Tres . Cafe
Just a half block from Cuzco’s popular Plaza de Armas, on Plateros Street, stands a small, warm, and colorful place,…
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Food & Drinks
Cuzco’s Desserts
People like sweets and the people of Cuzco are no exception. In the city are found a whole range of…
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Food & Drinks
A Square of Delights, the Tupac Amaru Fair
An Andean Mall, the weekly Tupac Amaru fair offers a great variety of goods as well as providing the largest…
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