Uncucha

Uncucha

By Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara

Translated by David Knowton

Peru is a land of root crops.  The potato originated here in all its rainbow of types.  But it is also a land of others, such as sweet potato, yuca, and various indigenous ones that are hardly known outside its borders.  Here, though, these tubers are part of a rich and varied diet that enabled civilization to grow and spread. Read the rest of this entry