Monthly Archives: February 2011

Street Food Stories

Lima and San Francisco are connected in many ways. In an early post, for example, we learned about the history of Pisco in San Francisco but last week’s anticucho recipe got me thinking a lot about the culture of street food. Read more →

Anticuchos de Carne

My mom once served beef heart anticuchos to our unsuspecting dinner guests who were smiling and savoring the Peruvian kebob appetizer for the first time. Their smiles, however, quickly faded when she innocently and proudly asked “Do you know what you are eating?” Read more →

Pondering Paris

My grandfather died before he ever got to see Paris, but he spoke in awe of La Ciudad de las Luces — The City of Lights — as it if were a place from a magical realism novel by Mario Vargas Llosa. Lately, I have been thinking about Paris too, specially as it relates to food and it’s connection to… Read more →