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Commentary
Christmas Morning, Cuzco, 2014
Sun streams through the clouds on a tranquil Plaza de Armas, in Cuzco. Women stroll through, their Christ Child, carefully…
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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
Wantan Soup Warms on Many a Cuzco Day
Wantan soup is a Chinese soup that is much consumed in Cuzco. It is made from chicken stock fortified with…
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Peruvian Food
Alpaca Wins Over More and More Palates
Native to the Andes, Alpacas are camelids that are well known because of their fine wool that is used for…
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Traditional Food
Eat a Skewer Today, the National Day of Anticuchos
Today, October 19th, Peru celebrates the national day of the anticucho, one of the banner dishes of Peru and one…
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The Fixed Menu for Lunch Thrills Cuzco’s People
Each day at midday people go to eat lunch and recover the energies they have expended during their morning at…
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Ingredients
Lamb and Mutton are Favorites in Cuzco
Sheep are very well known in Cuzco. We know them not only for the wool for for the fine mutton…
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Customs
Drinking and Eating at a Wedding in Pitumarka
One Saturday afternoon, Don Timoteo and I are sitting in the Pitumarka town square. A man is in his fifties,…
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Customs
Of Bikes and Cuys
Motorcycles roared like felines trying to intimidate. You could hear them echoing on the cliffs of the valley’s narrow gorge.…
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A Strange Duo, Fast Food and Vegetarian Food, Increasingly Claims Cuzco
Every day many people eat fast food, what is also called in Spanish “comida chatarra” or grabage food, such as…
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