Monthly Archives: March 2011

Deep Fried Challenged

Papa Rellena

Top Left: Make the mashed potato pancakes. Top Right: Add the savory beef filling. Bottom Left: Form the filled dumplings by hand. Bottom Right: Lightly fried result.

I’d like to think that I can cook almost any Peruvian dish, specially ones that truly inspire me or make me salivate at the mere thought of eating them. But I recently realized that I am deep fried challenged, that is, I can’t bring myself to deep fry anything.
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Peruvian Food Documentary Wins Best Foreign Film Award

This week I was delighted to learn that another documentary about Peruvian food was awarded a prize. “Mistura, The Power of Food” is a short film about the Mistura food festival in Peru and it received Best Short Foreign Documentary at the International Family Film Festival in Hollywood, CA.
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Semana Numero 12

Picture of the Week - March 25, 2011

Picture of the Week - March 25, 2011

Lunch at La Mar. A beef, french fries, tomatoes, and red onions stir fry that goes by the name of _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
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Chinese-Peruvian Fried Rice

Arroz Chaufa: Chinese-Peruvian Fried Rice

Arroz Chaufa: Chinese-Peruvian Fried Rice

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Peruvian Cuisine is the Future of Gastronomy

Peruvians are very proud and extremely passionate about their food and cooking or writing about it is one way to share that passion with others. But more and more, I am noticing that Peruvian cuisine is gaining world wide notoriety, and that of course makes me very happy. These recent news items show that 2011 is starting with a bang for Peruvian cuisine around the world.
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