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Penélope’s kitchen: A lesson in the history and culture of Peru

Penélope’s kitchen: A lesson in the history and culture of Peru

We are sitting in the dining room of a spacious, sunlit, modern apartment located only a few hundred steps from a high cliff overlooking the Pacific. Gazing through the floor-to-ceiling windows at palm trees and waves meeting the shore, it would be easy to mistake Barranco, a middle-class district in the southern part of Lima,…

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A Baja feast down on the farm

A Baja feast down on the farm

The heirloom tomatoes are so juicy and delicious that their memory lingers indelibly on my taste buds. They are the stars in a simple salad topped with sprinkles of feta cheese, and anointed with a splash of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Perhaps flavors are more intense, too, when you know where the food on…

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