PUNO, Peru — At a market along frigid Lake Titicaca, the vendor caught a visitor eyeing her display of chuno, black and white potatoes as hard as charcoal briquettes. She explained how they are made: ...

Sure, you can make a loaded sweet potato with caramel sauce and maple-cinnamon candied bacon, but all the spice lovers out there might find it more satisfying to draw inspiration from Peruvian cuisine ...

Ají de gallina is a creamy chicken stew thickened with bread and nuts, while papa a la huancaína features boiled potatoes ...

HUARAL, Peru -- Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Peruvians fired pottery in honor of the potato, which they dug from the ground and worshiped as a symbol of fertility and an incarnation of their Mother ...

Don't miss these unique bites on your next visit to Peru. My first encounter with comida Peruana was over 20 years ago, thanks to my wife's Peruvian family. Their cooking was a study in juxtaposition: ...

Salade Nicoise 2 pounds baby red potatoes, scrubbed 4 eggs 1 pound green beans, stem ends trimmed 4 tomatoes, cored and cut in wedges 1 cup black olives, such as kalamata or nicoise 1 can oil-packed ...

The first cultivated potato was grown in what is now Peru, researchers said Monday, and it originated only once, not several times, as some experts had proposed. Their genetic study shows the first ...

Chances are, vodka is more likely to conjure images of snowbound Russians than farmers high in the Peruvian Andes. But the potato only became a cheap, abundant raw material for vodka production after ...