

- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
Ulluku, olluco, or olluquito, a little tuber with a big punch
Chefmama Krysia discusses olluco, a tuber from Peru, and shares a recipe for guise de olluquito con carne.
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- Feb 27, 2021
- 5 min
Pandemic Kitchen, Part 2: My 10 Year Old Chuño
In my last post, I reflected on my fear-based shopping and hoarding practices due to the pandemic. Over the last ten years, I have...
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 6 min
The Pandemic Kitchen and my Hoarding Hallelujah Moment
This was not a post I had planned to write. I realized recently, after trying to work up the energy to create and test out another...
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- Dec 1, 2020
- 4 min
Tantawawa, a sweet bread offering
Having been born in the U.S. my references for Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, were most often with the customs of Mexico. As a young...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Alegría de kiwicha, cacao y maní // Amaranth Cacao Peanut Brittle
I do not have much of a sweet tooth. There are few sweets that really grab my attention. The ones that do often incorporate nuts or seeds...
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- Sep 29, 2020
- 7 min
Green Deditos: Year 2!
Last year Kahlo and I started growing a few things on our deck. Here are some of the lessons we learned this year.
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- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Decolonizing Emoliente de quinua
As I continue my journey considering what Peruvian foods might have looked like before colonization I consider the tea, emoliente de quinua.
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- May 6, 2020
- 4 min
Food memory: Bananas, Plantains, and Peru
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
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- Feb 27, 2020
- 6 min
Carapulcra, an ancient Andean dish
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...
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- Dec 30, 2019
- 4 min
The Quinoa Dish Everyone's Mama Made
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...
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