While I lived there, I made the same thing almost every day for breakfast because it was all I could afford: one fried egg, over rice, and a half a fried platano de la isla.

Many of us are now working, schooling, shopping and entertaining each other at home and from home. For those of us in big cities, we may also be cooking a lot more often than we had before. I used to do bulk cooking on Sundays so we'd have easy heat-up dinners during t...

I crave food with a lot of flavor. One dish that delivers is Carapulcra, a Peruvian potato, peanut and pepper stew. If you do an internet search you'll find a dish that has changed over time, impacted by the colonization of Peru and the introduction of new ingredients...

When living in Peru, I didn't always have time to eat at home regularly. Papas rellenas were my go-to street food and is one of my favorite dishes of all time!

The humble Guiso de quinua, as one of my research participants said, is a meal in and of itself.It packs a punch of flavor, gives you plenty of protein, and the potatoes give you healthy carbs, fiber, and a little added protein to sustain you till your next meal. I hav...

Can I be real for a minute? As much as I wanted to feed my little girl all the best things in the world I also used to make baby food for economic reasons.

When Kahlo and I first started this website and blog we'd hoped to document our journey with food: to document our family recipes, maybe make a few videos, and maybe even recommend a few great books we'd read along the way pertaining to food. This year we vowed to (try...

I love collard greens. I love them cooked until they are tender and melt in your mouth; I love them in soup to give added color and texture; I love them sauteed, when they give you back a good crunch. I've had them prepared in a few ways but until three years ago, I ha...

When I was in culinary school and studied in Peru, I learned of a super simple salad from Arequipa called Solterito, which literally means "little single man."

Summertime in New England brings not only heat but humidity. There is nothing more refreshing then a cold glass of water that has a beautiful hint of fruit.