Alpaca, a Story

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 1:22 pm 
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Alpaca Loin with Gravy

Alpaca Loin with Gravy

By David Knowlton

Dark and juicy like beef, alpaca meat graces many plates in tourist restaurants in Cuzco and very few dishes in homes. A delicious meat, relatively low in fat and high in protein, alpaca has become a standard of the novo-Andean cuisine and yet it is not part of the ordinary repertoire of food in the city of Cuzco. In this is a story. Read the rest of this entry

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Peruvian Cuisine, Cultural Patrimony of the Americas.

Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 10:35 am 
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Chicharron in Cuzco

Chicharron in Cuzco

Peru´s cuisine was honored Wednesday night, March 23, 2011, by the Organization of American States.  José Miguel Insulza, Sectretary General of the OAS, gave Peru´s cooking the first ever “Cultural Patrimony of the Americas Award” at a gala dinner in the organization’s Hall of the Americas in Washington D.C. as two important socioeconomic rivers joined in a rush. Read the rest of this entry

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