Category: "Peruvian Food"

Piura, Mucho Gusto!

December 15th, 2009 |

Three days of delicious flavours from Piura, as the best restaurants from this northern city, and the region, gather for the first “Perú, Mucho Gusto” gastronomic fair outside of Lima.

What’s the difference between Peruvian Cebiche and others?

December 4th, 2009 |

So, what’s the difference between the ceviche of Peru and the international dishes that share its name? To Javier Wong, perhaps Peru’s biggest ceviche expert and internationally renowned ceviche chef, the answer is simple: There is no other ceviche in the world.

Lima pays homage to the delicious anticucho

November 29th, 2009 |

On the banks of the river Rímac, on the beautiful and historic Alameda de Chabuca Granda with its ageing wooden balconies, in a space often occupied by fairs and special events, Lima today paid homage to the delicious anticucho.

Gastronomy is the new driving force for economic development

November 22nd, 2009 |

With the growing economic benefits Peru is enjoying thanks to its cuisine, as demonstrated by a second very successful gastronomic fair hosted in the capital of Lima not long ago, it is little surprise that a recent study by Arellano Marketing has produced figures that back up what is plain to see.

Peru’s Plans for Global (Foodie) Conquest [Featured]

October 5th, 2009 |

Time Magazine recently ran this excellent article about the steady rise of Peruvian gastronomy. (Thanks to Juancho for the heads up).

Gastón Acurio is a name the foodie cognoscenti will recognize. Though not quite a popular brand name like Mario Batali or Bobby Flay or Alain Ducasse, the Peruvian chef has created destination restaurants in the otherwise gray city of Lima that gourmands flock to whenever they can, eschewing the tourist havens of Machu Picchu and Cuzco. Hailed as the “next superchef” by some magazines, Acurio now has his eyes set on global conquest. His goal: to make Peruvian cuisine as familiar around the world as Mexican, Chinese and Thai.

Peruvian gastronomy could become world cultural heritage

September 29th, 2009 |

Thanks to its extreme biodiversity and the history of cultural mixing, Peru’s cuisine is increasingly considered one of the world’s greats. It is for this reason that the government has unveiled plans to make the country’s gastronomy an item of World Heritage in the “culture” category.

MISTURA 2009 – II International Gastronomic Fair of Lima

September 28th, 2009 |

As Peru becomes ever more associated with gastronomy, so too does the now-established gastronomic fair of Lima grow ever larger. This year, despite moving to a far larger venue in the centre of Lima, the second fair of its kind was enveloped by hundreds of thousands of attendees – with many ending up disappointed and unable to get hold of tickets.

What’s all the fuss about?

Food business taking off in Peru [Featured]

September 27th, 2009 |

Rich or poor, Peruvians pride themselves on eating well. Fast food is frowned upon and a poorly-prepared platter is seldom tolerated.

Strange in a country where a quarter of children still suffer from malnutrition but Peru’s sharp inequality is one of its many paradoxes. It is one of the 10 countries in the world classed as ‘mega-diverse’ in terms of its biodiversity, which means in nutritional terms it is rich beyond measure.

Bar Restaurante Rovira

August 18th, 2009 |

A Peruvian “Huarique” in English might best be described as a “hidden nook where food is served”. In a country like Peru where people have little in the way of resources, small simple non-pretentious restaurants called huariques are the norm. The port city of Callao, where some of the region ’s best seafood is landed, also has some of the best huariques. Many are very old and are locally very well known. In this series, we’ll visit the greats.

Peru celebrates Independence Day with fountain of booze [Featured]

July 27th, 2009 |

ITN News reports on the yearly tradition of the pisco fountain in the Plaza de Armas. It has long since become a popular part of the Fiestas Patrias celebrations. (Previous year’s)

Peru’s patent win strikes blow against biopiracy [Featured]

July 17th, 2009 |

Zoraida Portillo, writing for SciDev.Net, brings us news that Peru has stopped several foreign companies from registering patents on products traditionally developed by Peruvians.

Peru has prevented several foreign companies from taking out patents on products by demonstrating that they were developed using the traditional knowledge of Peruvians.

Over the past few months, the Peruvian National Commission Against Biopiracy has shown authorities from France, Japan, Korea and the United States that products submitted for patents were developed using the traditional knowledge of Peruvian people.