Quinoa
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Commentary
Response to the Guardian: Do Not Turn off The Spigots of Quinoa Consumption
A tiny hint of a seed, about an eighth the size of a sequin, quinoa provoked the world’s interest with…
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Recipes
Quinoa with Cheese Delights in Cuzco
Quinoa is grown in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia up to around 4000 meters above sea level. Just like…
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Commentary
International Year of Quinoa Begins
Tiny and multitudinous, quinoa stands as an intriguing symbol of wealth. But its greatest wealth may well be the unusually…
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Ingredients
Quinoa and Blood Together Make a Community
Where do people come from? Just like now where we talk about the discoveries of early homonids and homonins in…
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Restaurants
La Caverne del Oriente, A French Restaurant in San Blas
Cuzco holds many surprises. One of them are the many exotic, ethnic corners found in the old city. Many have…
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Chefs
Chocolate-Covered Coca Leaves, Box Lunches, and an Enterprising Young Chef
Trained in Lima and Chef at the Casa del Fray Bartolomé hotel, Chef Darwin Estrada Cutiri offers a catering business…
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Customs
Much More than a Seed: Quinoa in Cuzco
Though it has various spellings–quinoa, quinua, or kinwa– this seed is a grain that we in Cuzco have inherited from…
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Customs
The “Seven Flours,” a Popular Breakfast and Medicine.
The “seven flours” may sound like something from Snow White. But it is a Cuzco label for a ground meal…
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Drinks
Quinoa for Breakfast at the University’s Gate
As the sun rises over Cuzco, before many people are awake, already students begin to gather at Cuzco’s universities and…
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Recipes
Quinoa Marmalade, A Cuzco Treat
Quinoa has become popular around the world. Generally it is used to prepare savory dishes, but sometimes in Cuzco it…
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