The famed Pisac Market, known for being the largest Incan market in the known world lived up to expectations. I’m not sure why it needs…
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After the Surquillo Market visit and fruit tasting, we moved on to cooking! The menu: Papas a la huancaina Causa de pollo Ají de gallina 3…
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I know we’ve moved on from Lima to Máncora, but I’ve so many yet unposted adventures from Lima, foremost, the cooking lesson we enjoyed! We…
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Did you know that there are about 3,800 types of potato native to Peru? Or that the large influx of Chinese immigrants brought rice over and…
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Fast chocolate facts, courtesy of the Chocomuseo: When Hernan Cortéz (Spanish conquistador) first entered Montezuma’s warehouse, he found close to a billion cacao beans stored…
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IK is truly a fine dining establishment. Upon entering the main room, La Jaba (or fruit box), you’re immediately surrounded with the scent of earth, fruit, and…
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Argentinian Spanish has a unique accent that has developed in part from the high percentage of Italians that migrated here (over 40% of the current…
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In my search for closed-door restaurants, I kept stumbling across high praise for Casa Saltshaker. While we didn’t end up choosing to dine here (went to…
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Tea time to share at a nearby Cafe Martinez. It came with: 2 coffees: small cups of espresso, really. Every time we’ve ordered coffee, it…
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We didn’t do much research before setting up our little weekend getaway, but that hadn’t slowed us down before. This time, it may have hurt our…
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