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Ideas on the Origin and Nature of Chiriuchu
Considered the iconic food of Cuzco, chiriuchu fascinates. It is not like ceviche, lomo saltado, or an arroz chaufa. Its…
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Archeology
The great Creator God Wiraqocha Is Still Visible in Cuzco
In the time of the Incas, we are told, there was a high god, or a supreme energy who was…
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Ingredients
Holy, Nutritious, and Exotic Wheat
One can only imagine how strange Peru must have seemed to the Spaniards who arrived with the invading force and…
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Customs
Corpus Christi Begins
Two major events will energize Cuzco this month. At the end of the month falls the pageant of Inti Raymi…
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An Inca Delicacy for Times of Rain
What is yellow and white, folded over, ancient and modern? An huminta, of course, one of the amazing delicacies of…
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Food & Drinks
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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Recipes
Strawberries and Chicha, a Deliciously Complex Marriage
As the rainy season draws to a close, many things will change in Cuzco. The skies will no longer share…
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Ingredients
Women Warriors, Corn, and Humintas
Like potatoes, corn may be a crop which plagues modern people with an excess of sugars in its contemporary omnipresence. But in…
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Food & Drinks
Rains Still Fall: Good Food Today in Cuzco
The rains still fall in Cuzco, heavily; it is the time of abundance. Fresh produce is everywhere. Though in the…
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