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Every dish we've published, newest first. New recipes go up every Tuesday and Friday.
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Yuca: the root behind half of Peru's comfort food
Pantry
Pan francés and the Peruvian neighborhood bakery
Bakery
Pan de anís: the soft, fragrant bread of Andean bakeries
Bakery
Culantro: the Amazon's sharper cousin of cilantro
Pantry
Cremoladas: Peru's shaved-ice fruit drink
Drinks
Chumbeque: Chiclayo's hard, layered chancaca candy
Desserts
Cebiche de conchas negras: the mangrove ceviche
Starters
Chaufa de mariscos: chifa's seafood fried rice
Mains
Chuño: the freeze-dried potato that outlasts winter
Pantry
Choncholí: the grilled beef skewer anticuchos doesn't cover
Starters
Cuchicanca: Cusco's slow-roasted festival pork
Mains
Champús: the warm purple corn and fruit pudding of the sierra
Desserts
Chinguirito: Lambayeque's shredded dried fish ceviche
Starters
Chicharrón de pescado: crisp fried fish, coastal style
Seafood
Choclo: the giant-kernel corn that isn't sweet corn
Pantry
Chaque: Arequipa's hearty wheat and vegetable soup
Soups
Chi jau kay: chifa's crispy egg-battered chicken
Mains
Cocada: the coconut candy of Peru's coast
Desserts
Conchitas a la parmesana: broiled scallops, coastal style
Starters
Bistec a lo pobre: the plate that refuses to leave anything out
Mains
Chancaca: the unrefined sugar behind Peru's best syrups
Pantry
Choros a la chalaca: mussels the Callao way
Starters
Empanadas peruanas: baked hand pies with raisins and olives
Bakery
Crema volteada: Peru's version of flan
Desserts
Chupe de pescado: the everyday fish chowder
Soups
Cau cau: the yellow tripe stew Peru argues over
Mains
Arroz con pato: the north coast's duck and cilantro rice
Mains
Bienmesabe: the coconut custard whose name means "tastes good to me"
Desserts
Chilcano de pisco: the tall, gingery cocktail Peru actually drinks
Drinks
Frejol colado: Ica's bean dessert that sounds wrong until you taste it
Desserts
Ají panca: the dried red chile behind Peru's deepest flavors
Pantry
Arroz tapado: the unmolded rice and beef cake
Mains
Cecina: the Amazon's smoked, sun-dried pork
Pantry
Butifarra: the Peruvian criollo ham sandwich
Starters
Adobo cusqueño: the Sunday-morning pork breakfast
Mains
Cachitos: Peru's ham and cheese breakfast rolls
Bakery
Delicia de maracuyá: the no-bake passion fruit mousse
Desserts
Camarones al ajillo: Arequipa's garlic river shrimp
Mains
Ají limo: the small, sharp chile behind Peru's ceviche
Pantry
Arroz zambito: rice pudding's dark, spiced cousin
Desserts
Aguadito de pollo: the green rice-and-chicken soup
Soups
Algarrobina: the pisco cocktail that tastes like dessert
Drinks
Chairo: the altiplano soup built on freeze-dried potato
Soups
Aeropuerto: the chifa plate that refuses to choose
Mains
Pan con chicharrón: Peru's champion breakfast sandwich
Mains
Papa rellena: the stuffed potato croquette
Starters
Menestrón: the Peruvian answer to minestrone
Soups
Arroz con pollo: green rice, Peruvian style
Mains
Tallarines verdes: Peru's green spaghetti
Mains
Chupe de camarones: Arequipa's grand shrimp chowder
Soups
Ocopa: Arequipa's green answer to huancaína
Starters
Chicha de jora: the ancient corn beer of the Andes
Drinks
Adobo arequipeño: pork braised in chicha de jora
Mains
Carapulcra: Peru's oldest stew, made from dried potatoes
Mains
Rocoto relleno: Arequipa's stuffed fire
Starters
Arroz con leche: rice pudding with cinnamon and clove
Desserts
Maíz morado: everything about Peru's purple corn
Pantry
Arroz chaufa: Peru's chifa fried rice
Mains
Tacacho con cecina: the Amazon's plantain breakfast
Mains
Pisco sour: the national cocktail, properly made
Drinks
Arroz con mariscos: Peru's seafood rice
Seafood
Peruvian alfajores: manjar blanco sandwich cookies
Desserts
Pollo a la brasa: Peru's rotisserie chicken, recreated at home
Mains
Juane: rice, chicken and bijao leaves from the jungle
Mains
Lomo saltado: the authentic recipe, step by step
Mains
Ají de gallina: the creamy yellow-chile chicken classic
Mains
Anticuchos: beef-heart skewers from the street grill
Mains
Pachamanca explained: Peru's underground feast
Mains
Classic ceviche: five ingredients, zero shortcuts
Seafood
Leche de tigre: the marinade you can drink
Seafood
Tiradito: ceviche's elegant Nikkei cousin
Seafood
Sopa de quinua: the everyday soup of the Andes
Soups
Caldo de gallina: Peru's midnight chicken soup
Soups
Salsa criolla: the five-minute Peruvian condiment
Starters
Causa limeña: cold mashed-potato perfection
Starters
Papa a la huancaína: the sauce every Peruvian grows up on
Starters
Picarones: squash-and-sweet-potato doughnuts in chancaca syrup
Desserts
Mazamorra morada: purple corn pudding, the classic way
Desserts
Suspiro a la limeña: the dessert named after a sigh
Desserts
Chicha morada: how to brew Peru's purple corn drink
Drinks
Emoliente: the warm herbal drink of Peruvian street corners
Drinks
Ají amarillo: the chile that defines Peruvian food
Pantry
How to cook quinoa so it never tastes bitter
Pantry