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Peruvian cooking and Yanuq in the world press
 
A Taste of Lima
March 2007 , USA
During my years of traipsing around Latin America, I have always regarded Lima as one of the underrated gastronomic capitals of the hemisphere. There's nothing like unwinding at a seaside eatery in one of the Peruvian capital's outlying suburbs with a frothy pisco sour cocktail and a plate of seviche marinated in lime juice and ají peppers.  See more
   
 
Peru lures culinary tourists
March 2007

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Throughout their history of poverty and political turmoil, Peruvians have been fiercely proud of their elaborate, spicy food and new superstar chefs are now a magnet for culinary tourists.
Lima used to be no more than a one-night stopover for international tourists -- many of them backpackers and budget travelers -- flying into Peru to visit the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and the neighboring historic city of Cuzco.
But a culinary explosion, helped by the fame of some Peruvian chefs abroad, has made the Pacific coast capital city more attractive for visitors, especially after a leftist insurgency ended in the 1990s and was followed by economic growth and greater political stability. See more

A Peruvian chef prepares a dish based on shrimps and oyster sauce in a well-known Peruvian-Japanese restaurant in Lima.
   
 
Peruvian cuisine is building a following
Eagle Tribune
USA, Agust 02, 2006
When "Mama Doris" opened a sophisticated New Andean Peruvian restaurant in Portland, Ore.'s fashionable Pearl District three years ago, she never imagined the enthusiastic response.
Her family restaurant, Andina, quickly generated a buzz on the national and local scenes. The year after it opened, Gourmet magazine wrote: "A rare Peruvian gem filled with folk art and weavings, this is unique on the West Coast." Last year, The Oregonian, the state's largest newspaper, named it restaurant of the year.
By Joan Cirillo
   
 
For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for a country with an eclectic cuisine.
The News World
USA, July 31, 2006
It mixes foods from Europe , South America , Africa , and Asia -- on one plate. Potatoes, corn, and chili peppers are thrown together with citrus fruit, raw fish, and soy sauce. Does that whet your appetite?
The government of the country we're looking for hopes it will.

"The idea is to open 5,000, or maybe 10,000 restaurants featuring food from our country in the U.S."
Quite a boast. Here's a final clue about our mystery country...>>
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Who Needs Clubs When Everyone Is at the Café?
The New York Times
USA, April 16, 2006

<< Eating is the gateway to Lima's social scene, and one day and night, beginning with lunch, is enough to get a feel for the social landscape. >> ...

<< In the same way Americans eat sandwiches for lunch, Peruvians eat ceviche (raw fish soaked in lime juice) or other fish. >>
<< Food is becoming a powerful symbol of what we are, and the most important thing about our food is the mixture. Mr.Gaston Acurio, famous Peruvian chefs said. "We are proud of that mixture now." The word that describes their mixture of Andean, Spanish, Italian and Asian — in both food and culture — is criollo. >>
<< After lunches that are this much fun, one might think Lima night life would be disappointing. But it's a whole other world, with a whole other menu. >>
By Ann Marie Gardner
   
 
Peru's revolution in tastes
The Washington Post
USA, May 15, 2006

Innovative chefs in Lima are dishing up a fusion of Andean and European Cuisines with seasoning from around the world.
Today Lima is an active and boisterous place where fourteen

cooking schools have opened in the last few years, including one joint venture with Le Cordon Blue.
"Peru" is an abundant food market. You can find eighty types of vegetables and sixty kinds of fruit any time of year the hundreds of microclimates in the country ensure that no variety will ever be lacking."
   
 
Peruvian Cuisine, Making a Splash
The Washington Post
USA, May 10, 2006

Take one part Incan and one part Spanish. Mix well. Add influences of African, Chinese, Japanese and Italian. What do you get? Peruvian -- the cuisine that legendary French chef and culinary writer chef and culinary writer Auguste Escoffier called one of the best in the

world -- after only French and Chinese. Considering its status, it's also a cuisine that has been relatively overlooked. Until now.
Alejandro Riveros, head of public diplomacy for the Embassy of Peru, has made it his mission to promote the sophistication, innovation and most importantly, taste, of foods from back home. Last night the embassy invited 1,000 people to sample food and drink at a reception supporting the recent signing of a free trade agreement eliminating import tariffs on goods exchanged between Peru and the United States .
"We want our food to be as well known as Thai is in this country," says Riveros. "We want 5,000 -- no 10,000" -- restaurants in the United States . "We want Peruvian restaurants everywhere." The staples of Peruvian cuisine -- potatoes, yucca, corn and chili peppers -- were provided by the Incas centuries ago. Spanish conquistadors who arrived in the 16th century brought citrus fruit, wheat, rice, cattle and pigs as well as European-style desserts. Africans introduced spicy, vinegar-marinated beef and fish on skewers.
   
 
Just add spice
A gastronomic revolution
Revista The Economist
Inglaterra, 29 de Enero 2004
TO OUTSIDERS, latin American food may conjure up not much more than the smell of Mexican tacos. But Peru can lay claim to one of the world's dozen or so great cuisines. Beyond its trademark dish of CEBICHE (raw fish marinated in lime juice), Peruvian food is little known abroad. Peru is in the throes of a gastronomy "spontaneous revolution" in gastronomy, as Raul Vargas, a journalist and foodie puts it.
 
Two things give Peruvian food its distinctive edge.The first is the country's huge biodiversity, with dozens of microclimates. Potatoes, quash, peanuts, hot peppers, beans and maize were all grown before the Spaniards arrived. Despite overfishing, the cold Humboldt current that hugs Peru's desert coast is still rich in fish and shellfish......
   
 
South America made simple
Conde Nast Traveler magazine
USA  April 2003

By far the compelling reason for a Lima long weekend is the food. No South American country cooks like Perú, and Lima is its gastronomic heart...........
 
   
 
 
Recomended webs
Personal Computer magazine
Spain, Agust,  2004

¿Cuál es la única sección de la revista en la que es posible hablar de huracanes, fiestas veraniegas, cocina peruana, bodas, comics, Quentin Tarantino y Tatuajes sin que parezca un galimatías?

Yanuq

Qué es : La cocina peruana ha comenzado ha obtener el reconocimiento internacional, gracias a la difusión de antiguas recetas y al uso de ingredientes con más de 3000 años de antiguedad.....
   
 
 
Analysis of the most "up to date" webs
Computer Hoy magazine
Spain,  March 26, 2004

En esta sección análizamos páginas webs sobre temas de actualidad e interés general.
Además incluimos una lista de 100 direcciones on line recomendadas....
   
 
 
A mouse in the kitchen
Somos, Diario el El Comercio magazine
Lima, Perú,   Agust, 2003

La comida peruana ha conseguido perdurar a lo largo de los años por mérito de su sabrosa sazón. Pero ahora los platillos criollos se dejan picar, al menos a través de recetarios y comentarios gastronómicos, gracias a bien servidas páginas de internet que estan llevando los colores de nuestra culinaria a todos los rincones del mundo....
   
 
 
Virtual cuisine
Cooking, art and style magazine
Lima, Perú,   Febrary,  2003

Yanuq es una palabra quechua que significa cocina y todo lo referente a ella. Ha sido el término que estas emprendedoras limeñas han elegido para representar su empresa, una creativa página web de cocina peruana e internacional, que está en permanente evolución.
   
 
The four seasons
Bienvenida magazine Lima, Perú  June 2002

For some time now those prestigious gastronomic guides Bleu and Michelin have been pointing out Peru as the home of one of the most interesting culinary styles anywhere in the Americas. The food and drink section of the New York Times agrees and has said so on a number of occasions. In other words Peruvian cuisine’s well earned prestige is now an open secret. For some time now those prestigious gastronomic guides Bleu and Michelin have been pointing out Peru as the home of one of the most interesting culinary styles anywhere in the Americas...........
   
 
Yanuq: Peruvian cuisine
Pc World, magazine, El Comercio
Lima, Perú,   May 30,   2001

Con la sugerente palabra quechua de Yanuq, empleada por los antiguos pobladores de estas tierras para referirse al hogar, a la cocina, al centro de la casa, esta página tiene por objeto dar a conocer la muy variada cocina peruana, que ya es reconocida entre la más logradas del mundo. El cibernauta encontrará un provocativo glosario gastronómico, un buscador de recetas, consejos, un poco de historia de la cocina peruana y una guía de restaurantes............
   
 
 
Local entrepreneurs in the web
Business Perú magazine, Lima Perú,  April   2001
www.peruanos.com

Internet es el signo de los tiempos. Conozca a los managers locales que, con ingenio y creatividad, han clavado la bandera peruana en el universo Internet.
   
 
Peruvian cooking in the web
La República's weekly magazine
Lima, Perú   March 30,   2001

Práctico web de cocina de moda en internet.
   
 
 
Peruvian cooking in the web
El Comercio,  Febrary 25,  2001
Lima, Perú

Difusión de la creación de este nuevo sitio web.