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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.”

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…

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.

Carne empanada at Inti Killa, Pisac, Peru photo

Eating on the cheap at the Pisac Sunday Market

May 22, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

I can’t recall how we got the notion in our heads, but Peru is not a bargain travel destination. After a few too many expensive and yet disappointing restaurant meals, Todd and I are thrilled by the food stalls at…

Urubamba, Peru, Hotel Sol y Luna, wine decanting photo

Peruvian meals of plenty at Hotel Sol y Luna and Wayra

May 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

During our stay at Hotel Sol y Luna in Peru’s Sacred Valley, we head over to its sister facility, Wayra, for dinner. We’re warmed outside and in by the fireplace adjacent to our table and our bottle of cabernet sauvignon…

Churros rellenos con manjarblanco at Manolo's in Lima, Peru

Creamy, sticky, and raw: Food porn from Lima

April 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

When I suggest to Todd that if we grow multiple stomachs, like a ruminant, we could store some of Lima’s food for later digestion and enjoyment, I know we need to leave town. That or change our blog name to…

A rush of customers, Cafe Tostado, Lima, Peru

A misorder of a magnitude to be reckoned with

April 4, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Café Tostado doesn’t look like much from the outside. Indeed, it looks like nothing from the outside. Just a dark, empty, doorwound in a whitewashed cement facade, like so many other storefronts in Lima’s Barranco district. No clouds of drool-inducing…

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