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Queso helado cheese ice cream, Arequipa, Peru photo

Queso helado? That’s cheese ice cream! Well, I never.

May 9, 2013 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Wherein does my cheeselove come from? In the U.S. we practically worship amber waves of cheddar and mozzarella mountain majesties, so there’s that patriotic peer pressure. And, although I’ve lived for 15 years in San Francisco, veganism — locally, one…

Tearing at meat parts, Mercado San Camilo, Arequipa, Peru photo

Peru’s finest petting zoo. No…wait.

March 22, 2013 · by Lauren · in Travel Stories

There’s more to getting lunch at Arequipa, Peru‘s largest market than just showing up and finding the most popular and promising food stall. You really need to be careful which route you take through the market’s many aisles. What you…

Adobo arequipeño recipe from Arequipa, Peru photo

Recipe for making Peru’s adobo arequipeño at home

March 19, 2013 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Recipes

Adobo arequipeño, also known as adobo de chanco, is a traditional dish from Arequipa, Peru. Cooked overnight, adobo arequipeño is a popular hangover cure and Sunday brunch dish at Arequipa’s local picanterías, or “spicy shops.” Though eating adobo arequipeño on…

Elsita's adobo, Cayma district, Arequipa, Peru photo

Today adobo, tomorrow the world: The best adobo in Arequipa, Peru

March 14, 2013 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

A town in which the traditional Sunday brunch is a bowl of spicy pork stew is a town I can get with. I just hope that the adobo in Arequipa, Peru is actually good. I don’t want to get with…

Gastón Acurio's guinea pig, Cuy Pequinés, in Cusco, Peru photo

Eating guinea pig: A pet at home, dinner in Peru

February 27, 2013 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

An old saying begins, “If you love somebody, let them go.” If you’re traveling to Peru and you’ve had a guinea pig as a pet, a more fitting expression may be, “If you’ve loved something, put it in your belly.”

Happiness Tea and quark cheesecake, Granja Heidi restaurant, Cusco, Peru photo

Cusco, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

August 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

Cusco, Peru is a town teetering on a precipice of unpalatablility. Touts interrupting private moments, taxis careening through small streets, tourists drinking to excess, smutty air pollution, and slutty corporatization threaten to bury this otherwise charming town. And the charm…

Nibbling anticuchos, skewered street food, Cusco, Peru photo

Call me “Captain,” because I’m eating beef heart

July 17, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Marinated, char-grilled skewers of cow heart schmeared with hot pepper sauce, bought from a smoke-shrouded street food vendor. If that vision of Peruvian anticuchos doesn’t get your lips smacking, you may not be ready for this.

Animal parts hung by hair in Cusco's Central Market, Peru photo

Cusco’s offally interesting Mercado Central

June 27, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Though I’ve explored the aisles of markets all over the world, the meaty bits on display at the Mercado Central (Central Market) in Cusco, Peru challenge even my steady stomach.

Sign with arrow pointing to Machu Picchu, Peru photo

Sacred Valley, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

May 31, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

If Machu Picchu vanished, retrieved by Incan extra-terrestrials, the Sacred Valley would still be a top Peru destination. We visited in mid-March, at the tail end of Peru’s rainy season. I can’t imagine a better time to visit. The valley…

Onion seller at the Pisac Sunday Market, Peru photo

Cebollas y choclo at the Pisac Sunday Market

May 23, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

Some people like to window shop on chic urban streets, imagining themselves rocking an outfit worn by a headless anorexic mannequin. Me, I prefer to un-window shop (hush, you try to figure out an antonym of “window”) out in the…

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