Ice Cream Appears in Cuzco’s Streets on Sunny Days

Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 at 9:35 am 
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Selling Ice Cream on the Street

Selling D’onofrio Ice Cream on the Street

By Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara (translated by David Knowlton)

In Cuzco the weather changes constantly from cold to hot. It can do so just within the space of a few minutes. When the sun comes out and it is felt strongly, because it is hot, the parks and plazas of our beautiful city not only fill with people, they also draw ice cream vendors. They walk through the street pushing their carts of different flavored ice cream. Read the rest of this entry

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Hand Crafted Ice Creams in Cuzco

Monday, June 4th, 2012 at 1:32 pm 
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Fresh Ice Cream From Hada

Fresh Ice Cream From Hada

By Walter Coraza Morveli (translated by David Knowlton)

What is better than to be in Cuzco during this sunny season, when days are warm, and enjoy a delicious handmade ice cream. The rains have ended and the radiant sun initiates the high season of tourism. Cuzco offers tourists and locals old and brand new places where they can enjoy a cooling and creamy artisanal ice cream when the sun bakes. Read the rest of this entry

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Nevada Pasteleria.

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at 12:33 pm 
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Peach Cheesecake

Peach Cheesecake

By David Knowlton

“Detour Lucre”, shouts the green and white sign in a photo on a blue door under the stone arches of the Portal de Comercio. The arrow leads inside, down a short hall where you are first met with an ice cream cooler and then the space opens up with love seats and leather chairs, then tables, and finally a display of home made pastries. This is a pastelería (pastry shop) called Nevada. Read the rest of this entry

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A Square of Delights, the Tupac Amaru Fair

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 at 11:31 am 
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Tupac Amaru Fair

Tupac Amaru Fair

By Walter Coraza Morveli (Translated by David Knowlton)

An Andean Mall, the weekly Tupac Amaru fair offers a great variety of goods as well as providing the largest gastronomic fair in the city of Cuzco. Besides pleasing demanding palates, the fair also offers fun. One can shop, dance, and laugh. Read the rest of this entry

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