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From Coca to Coffee and Cacao: Part 2 This is the second post in a two-part series about my excursion ...

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Shopping...Cooking...Eating: Calca’s Traditional Market A few years ago, I had a romantic notion of going to Mexico for a few ...

The Cheese Shop I have now arrived in Huarocondo, a small village 37 km northwest of Cusco. It is really ...

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Shopping...Cooking...Eating: Tamales! En Peru! One day a couple weeks ago I asked my host, Adela if she knew how to ...

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The Benefits of Coca Last Sunday, Blanca, Manuel's sister showed me her package of pulverized coca leaves that you can ...

Food: Chapter 1–Avoiding McDonalds in Arequipa A lot of cool things happened to me today, but I will save most ...