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Recipes
A Hardy Pea Stew (Ají de Arvejas) Warms up Cold Days
A Hearty Pea Stew for a Cold Day It was a revelation on a plate, a simple stew of dried…
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Traditional Food
Our Carnival Food, Puchero (Thimpu), Can Never Be Missing
When the months of February and March come and the fiestas of Carnival arrive our satisfying traditions–music, dance, costumes, the…
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Customs
A Cuzco Favorite, Reheated Leftovers
In the culinary language of Cuzco there is a word that makes people’s taste buds turn on. It is calentado,…
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Recipes
A Recipe for Cuzco’s Traditional Carnival Puchero (Thimpu)
During Cuzco’s Carnival it often rains and people have fun spraying foam and tossing buckets of water at each other.…
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When Food Fell to Earth: Carnival’s Stew, Thimpu
Abundance and moisture define carnival in the Peruvian highlands. At this time when lightning zigzags with abandon across the jagged…
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