Inca Food
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Commentary
What the Inca Origin Myth Says about Kinds of Food
Reading the myth of the Ayar siblings for what it tells us about food.
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Recipes
Chef’s Sunday: Olluco with Jerky
An ancient dish that ruled the Inca’s table and still holds court in the homes of all Peruvians is olluco…
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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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Food & Drinks
Hot Soup in the Morning
Cold feels omnipresent in hills and valleys around Cuzco, and especially now that the night time temperatures begin their irresistible…
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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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Food & Drinks
Good to Eat and Good to, Um, Read
To eat — such as a tamale from the lady who every day sets up her pots under the Portal…
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Peruvian Food
A Spanish View of Inca Food
The Inca presented many puzzles to the Spanish who invaded their land. Inca ways were not the same as European…
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