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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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Customs
What Makes a Hot Sauce Spicy?
Scientists tell us it is the quantity of capsaicin peppers have that makes them hot and spicy to one degree…
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Food & Drinks
The Best Flavor in Cuzco’s Cooking Still Comes from the Batán, the Grinding Stones.
If you make a hot sauce on what we in Cuzco call a batán, a grinding stone, you obtain the…
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Traditional Food
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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