He has been selling picarones for 20 years in the Parque Kennedy of Miraflores, and has gone on to take part in a number of gastronomic fairs including Mistura. He is Pablo Valverde, the picaronero.
August 21, 2010 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
Pieces of pork belly, slowly cooked in its own fat. Juicy and with more taste than before the pork is placed in bread with some sweet potato, fresh onion and specks of rocoto chilli. So wrong yet so right.
July 23, 2010 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
Healthy, organic and in all cases tasty. Organic options are growing in availability in the gastronomic capital of the Americas.
June 7, 2010 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
Originally famous as an exclusive beach resort in the mid 20th century, it is more popular today with the new population of Lima’s sprawling north. Its mix of Republican-era mansions and beach-front modern apartments still make it a very attractive place to visit.
May 8, 2010 | Lima City Guide
Manuel: “I have a friend called ‘Don Pésimo’ who always says: ‘This is as bad as a mango ceviche’. And one day, to play with him, I made him a ceviche with mango!”
May 2, 2010 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
President and Dictator Augusto B. Leguía embarked on a mission to completely transform a capital city that had faded from the world scene. His achievements were remarkable and lasted decades, find out what they were…
April 14, 2010 | Lima City Guide, Modern Peru
The cats that live in the Parque Kennedy in the heart of Miraflores are at the centre of a conflict between animal lovers and some local residents.
March 10, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, Lima City Guide
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?
September 28, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
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.
August 18, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
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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)
July 27, 2009 | Commentary/Opinion, Lima City Guide, Peruvian Food
A collection of my photos of the city of Lima in black and white.
July 26, 2009 | Commentary/Opinion, Lima City Guide
Walking along Av. Oscar R. Benavides, once called the Avenida Colonial that joined Callao with distant Lima, I happened upon this very pretty cemetery. It was Sunday and the large entrance was busy with families visiting lost relatives and flower sellers doing a brisk trade.
This public cemetery, built in 1859 is the final resting place of Chalacos (as the people from Callao are called) both rich and poor. The rich have built grand mausoleums while the poor suffice with a nook in a wall of tombs. Interestingly for such an old cemetery it is still in use, and it is a strange contrast to see much more modern mausoleums and graves alongside much older ones, or see old family plots more recently added to. It is also obvious, through the placing of fresh flowers and candles, whom among the dead are still remembered and mourned, and who have been forgotten.
June 17, 2009 | Commentary/Opinion, Lima City Guide
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