The Cusco Gastronomic Scene

For many people great food is essential for a memorable trip. For those who missed out on a lengthy culinary stay in Lima, don’t pass up what Cusco has on offer.

July 12, 2010 | Cusco Guide, Peruvian Food

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Al Jazeera’s take on Lima Street Food [Featured]

With a focus primarily on what Andean communities have contributed to this city’s famous cuisine, Al Jazeera takes a look at street food in Lima.

May 27, 2009 | Modern Peru, Peruvian Food

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Quinoa ‘risotto’ blends traditions of Peru, Italy [Featured]

Marlena Spieler writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about the Andean “grain” called Quinua (Quinoa), and cooking the indigenous food with an Italian twist.

A while ago I popped in to visit James Shenk at his Peruvian restaurant, Destino, in San Francisco. He had promised to teach me how to make a quinoa dish I had tasted at his restaurant.

Entering the kitchen, I found James deep in thought, rubbing his hands together. Was he excited about something? Was he cold? I peered closer and saw that in his hands were tiny seed-like grains, and he was rotating them in a circular motion.

May 16, 2009 | Peruvian Food

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The Chuño – Dehydrated Potato of the Andes

The Chuño (or tunta) has fed families in Peru’s altiplano for more than seven thousand years. Today, with the growth in popularity of Novoandina food, the humble chuño has been thrust to the forefront of Peru’s gastronomic scene.

September 1, 2008 | Peruvian Food

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