desserts
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Customs
Six Desserts and Companions Needed for Holy Week
Holy Week is in full bloom now in the city of Cuzco. It began with Palm Sunday. Holy Monday was…
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Lime Pie (Pye de Limón) Tickles Cuzco’s Taste Buds
Lime pie, called in Spanish pastel de limón or pye de limón, is a much-loved dessert. It is well known…
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Desserts
A Simple Yet Wonderful Dessert from Chancaca
In Cuzco, many people make desserts in their free time. Some make them for themselves and their family while others…
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Peruvian Food
Pumpkin Mazamorra, Pudding, in Lima
As we get close, its scent overwhelms us. It makes us think of its dark color and the rhythms of…
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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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Traditional Food
A New Standard of Novo-Andean Cuisine, Pastel de Choclo (Sweet Corn Cake)
Its soft and gentler kernels arrive from the Sacred Valley of the Incas to be the main actor in this…
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Customs
Sundays Mean Dessert in Lucre, where Trout, Ducks, and Cattle Roam
Mooing with relief, cows stand in the stalls while being milked. This is one of the sounds and sights of…
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Stewed Sacha Tomate
One of the many fruits found in Peru while not outside of South America is the Sacha Tomate. Its name…
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Food & Drinks
Lima’s Winter and Mazamorra, Purple Corn Pudding.
A Symphony of scents is let loose when mazamorra finds its way to the table of those awaiting it. Its…
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Peruvian Food
An Urge You Can’t Resist, Picarones
Picarones are an exquisite dessert enjoyed throughout Peru. In the city of the Incas every afternoon, the desire for the…
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