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Glass of chicha de jora, Cusco, Peru photo

Wetting my whistle with someone else’s spit

July 31, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

“Chicha de jora? Isn’t that the stuff they make with spit? Eww.” Such was the typical reaction when someone heard chicha de jora in the list of foods and drinks I wanted to try in Peru. That or a confused,…

Pisco sour with aguaymanto from Peru photo

Pisco sours: Drinking and making a tasty little bird

July 24, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Recipes

Just as ouzo has never tasted as good as it did is Greece, pisco sours have never tasted as good as they do in Peru. Chilly pisco sours kept the sweat at bay in Lima and exacerbated our altitude sickness…

What started with cheese ends with pink cava in Barcelona

October 24, 2008 · by Lauren · in Spain, Travel Stories

Cava slinging bartender, Barcelona, Spain | Photo by Lauren Girardin I won’t look up. I can’t look up. If I do I’ll get cava in my eye. Glass after glass of the rock-bottom cheap and disturbingly pink-hued bubbly is being…

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