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Traditional Food
A Very Ancient and Very Contemporary Soup, Chuño Cola
Though summer in Cuzco, it may as well be winter, since people tend to stay indoors during the cold afternoons…
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Customs
Herbal Teas: Cuzco’s Traditional Medicine
Herbal teas are much of the traditional medicine of Cuzco. The city’s people may go to doctors or pharmacies when…
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Recipes
Wheat Soup (Chaque) to Beat the Cold
When chill settles on Cuzco, its people turn to something warm, such as a good soup. Trigo chaque (in Quechua…
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Customs
Chicken, Christmas Eve, and the Change of Time
Three, two, one, the people of Cuzco count down on Christmas Eve, as if waiting for a space ship to…
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Peruvian Food
Canchitas, Kernels of Continuity
So much has changed since the child of a noble, mother and a Spanish father, El Inca Garcilaso de la…
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Food & Drinks
Soup, Hail, and Thunder
Food and stories go together like soup and cold days. Right now, the sun shines, though it does not heat…
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Food & Drinks
Hot Soup in the Morning
Cold feels omnipresent in hills and valleys around Cuzco, and especially now that the night time temperatures begin their irresistible…
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