potatoes
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Ingredients
Which are Cuzco’s Favorite Potatoes?
To go to Cuzco’s wholesale market, Vinocanchón, is to enter into a world of variety. Row after row of potatoes…
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Recipes
The Golden Potato of the Andes, Papa Rellena
Golden like the Inca sun, soft and warm like the embrace of your people. On opening it we discover a…
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Customs
Corn Drying
The sun hangs in the sky these days in Cuzco and temperatures rise. The dark clouds and rain seem to…
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Videos of Making Huatia by Sacsayhuaman Yesterday
On the day of Inti Raymi, thousands of Cuzqueños climb up to Sacsayhuaman, where the afternoon pageant takes place, and…
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Customs
Eating Huatia and June’s Celebrations in Cuzco
During almost every day of June fiestas are carried out in Cuzco, from the morning till night. Besides all the…
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Food & Drinks
Cuzco’s Favorite Food of this Season: Papa Helada
With this season’s frosts, hunger awakens in the people of Cuzco for one of their most delicious and favorite foods,…
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Traditional Food
Chairo Soup Fills You with Energy and Tradition
The pleasure of the rains departs and the dry season arrives. In it all the farmers now see its time…
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Restaurants
A Hit, Don Lucho’s Pollipapa, Fried Chicken and French Fries
Chicken hot off the rotisserie with french fries is a favorite food of Peruvians. Called “pollo a la brasa” which…
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Yuca, a Treasured Root from the Jungle
A long brown root that is starkly white inside is one of the most common foods in Cuzco and other…
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Commentary
Celebrate the Peruvian National Day of the Potato, Kausachun
The 30th of May Peru celebrates the National Day of the Potato in recognition of this tuber that originated in…
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