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Recipes
The Divine Llajwa, a Marvelous Andean Sauce
Simplicity can be the best. Sometimes you want complexity, lots of steps in a recipe and long lists of ingredients,…
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Food & Drinks
Sassy Ladies Who Bring Worlds Together, Cusco’s Rocoto Peppers
Red, fat, and sassy, the rocoto pepper claims tables and palates throughout Cusco. In a recent ethnographic overview of hot peppers…
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A Treasure from Southern Peru, Adobo
Every chance I get to eat a Cusco-style adobo I am pleasantly surprised by its flavor and combination of texture.…
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Ingredients
Cuzco’s Rocotos, a Varied World of Shape, Color, and Type
The major hot pepper of Cuzco, the rocoto, flames with heat and yet has a flavor that entices. It comes…
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Traditional Food
Outstanding Peanut and Cheese Uchukuta (Hot Sauce)
For the mother’s day feast of huatia, earth-roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes accompanied by tallarines al horno (oven-baked fettuccine) and…
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Food & Drinks
Tacos Have Taken Cuzco
Tacos are a dish that originated in Mexico’s gastronomy where it is a typical, defining food. It consists, as almost…
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Peruvian Food
Acurio’s Peruvian Hot Sauces
Peru has wonderful sauces made from hot peppers. Indeed aji, the Peruvian word for these piquant chiles, is the foundation…
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Recipes
Rocoto Marmalade, an Old Cuzco Dessert
Peru is a hotbed of peppers. They come in many varieties and are used in many ways, sometimes even in…
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Commentary
Lightning Shakes the Earth and Makes Food in Cuzco
Lightning crackles across the Andean sky in great bursts. Sometimes it crashes into the ground and shakes all around. If…
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Recipes
A Different and Subtle Cuzco Hot Sauce
On Mothers Day, while the men in the garden struggled to get the heat right to grill large, thin pork…
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