Yuquitas Fritas or Fried Yuca
Image by mrs.McD via Flickr The more I eat yuca, the more I’m surprised that this delicious and nutritious root vegetable isn’t more popular in the United States. More commonly known outside of S. America as cassava or manioc, yuca shouldn’t be confused with the mostly ornamental plant yucca. While the plant is indigenous to [...]
Anticuchos de Corazon
Anticuchos are the #1 street food in Peru. I would say that they are second only to ceviche as to being the consummate Peruvian dish. In fact, if you ever come to Peru, you’ll find people will ask these questions all the time: “Have you tried ceviche? Have you tried anticuchos?” I think it’s kind [...]
Things I Can’t Do Without: My Rice Cooker
There are a few things in my kitchen that I just can’t do without. One is my vegetable peeler – it used to belong to my grandma. And of course, we all know how useful the blender and mixer are. But if there’s one thing that’s vital to my every day cooking, it’s my rice [...]
Some Things to Do in Lima
Image by fnnkybutt via Flickr I get a lot of questions about the kinds of things there are to do in Lima. See, most people seem to pop through Lima in about as much time as it takes to change planes. They maybe spend a day here, which isn’t really a lot of time to [...]
Arroz Zambito – Dark Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a favorite dessert in Peru, known locally as arroz con leche. But there’s another rice pudding dessert eaten here – a darker pudding. It’s call arroz zambito. I suppose most of us have heard of Little Black Sambo, and are familiar with the connotations of the phrase “Sambo”. In polite company, it’s [...]
Some of My Favorite Posts
Back in the days when I first starting this blog (December of 2008, to be exact), there weren’t a whole lot of people reading it. Back in the day, we were known as “What We’re Eating”, and I wasn’t really very good at keeping things updated. But this year, I moved it over here onto [...]
Aguadito de Pollo
As I mentioned the other day, and probably several times before over the last couple years (!), Peruvian lunches are usually big and often have two or more courses. Soup is a favorite first course, and it’s usually a lighter soup made using leftover bones or chicken parts, like the neck, giblets and feet. However, [...]
Is it Racism or Satire?
There’s been a big brouhaha lately over a comment made on the US sitcom, “Modern Family”. I for one am a big fan of the show – I love how it has characters that are complete stereotypes, yet gives them personality and depth so that they don’t seem stereotypical. And instead of lampooning the characters [...]
Escribano – Peruvian Potato Salad
I’ve mentioned before that in Peru, the main meal of the day is typically eating at what I consider lunch time. There’s a saying “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a business man and dinner like a beggar”. While I don’t often see anyone eating a very big breakfast, I do see them eating [...]
El Senor de los Milagros – Part 2
We went to the center of Lima today, in our attempt to see the Lord of the Miracles. The procession started today at 11:30pm – and it was the last time this year. The icon was being carried back to it’s regular resting place in the convent to await for next October. In true Peruvian [...]
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