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PERU AT A GLANCE

 

 
 
Indigenous locals in traditional dress Peruvian chili peppers Rocoto (red pepper) farmer Spicy chile sauces at Gaston Acurio’s La Mar Cebicheria Productores market in Lima Potato harvest in Chinchero Yellow chili peppers left to dry Chef Javier Wong, Chez Wong Senor de Choquekillca festival, Ollantaytambo
Miraflores at dusk Sacred Valley potato farmer Causa (Peruvian stuffed potato) appetizers Pachamanca, a traditional pre-Incan dish Sacred Valley locals drink chicha, a fermented corn beer Ceviche bar at Gaston Acurio's La Mar Cebicheria Urubamba's farmer's market Chef Gaston Acurio One of Peru's 3,000 potato varieties
Astrid & Gaston Restaurant Cusco's Museum of Pre-Columbian Art and the elegant MAP Café Grilled octopus anticucho at Gaston Acurio's La Mar Cebicheria The acclaimed Peruvian ceviche Farmers drinking chicha de jora in Chinchero Overview of the Miraflores district Women in Chinchero cook in a huatia (an earthen oven) Chef Teresa Izquierdo Onions, purple corn and potatoes in a market stall
Teresa Izquierdo's Bean Festival Lush fields in the Sacred Valley Massage session in Mancora Mancora fishermen Miraflores' Larcomar shopping center Magdelena market Senor de Choquekillca festival, Ollantaytambo San Blas neighborhood Elegant dessert sampling
Los Organos fishermen Chef Felix Loo, Restaurante Royal Scallop causa (mashed yellow potato) at Gaston Acurio's La Mar Cebicheria Cusco's picturesque Plaza de Armas Opening the pit of the Pachamanca feast (earthen oven) Norma fishing in Mancora Hotel Las Arenas de Mancora A vicuna in the Andes of southern Peru Canchitas (toasted corn kernels) usually served at cevicherías
Casa Andina Private Collection hotel in Sacred Valley Founders Kazia and Sandra at Salon Capon in Lima’s Chinatown