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Food & Drinks
Divine Hot Sauce
Some people see a hot sauce on the table and think of it as if it were akin to a…
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Recipes
A Hardy Pea Stew (Ají de Arvejas) Warms up Cold Days
A Hearty Pea Stew for a Cold Day It was a revelation on a plate, a simple stew of dried…
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Food & Drinks
The Famous Picantes and Chicha of Cuzco
Cuzco’s afternoons are every more beautiful as the rains get stronger. The combination of showers with son forms bars of…
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Elite Foods, Ceremonial Foods, and Ordinary People’s Fare
Most of the dishes we take for granted originated in elite kitchens and then spread to other tables over centuries,…
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Ingredients
Does Uchu, Hot Pepper, Simply Mean “Food” in Quechua?
Yesterday, at a family lunch in the home of my compadres a delicious hot sauce accompanied the chicken and rice.…
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Recipes
A Classic Cuzco Dish Draws Attention, Uchu de Lisas
For many people cooking is a fun way to spend time and forget about the woes of life. But eating…
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Making a Good Hot Sauce at Home
In Cuzco there is a great variety of foods, but there is one thing that must never be missing from…
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