The Peruvian gastronomic revolution has arrived. Peruvian cuisine is one of the world’s leading culinary trends, and in this course, you’ll take an epicurean tour of a country that redefines biodiversity and notions of Latin cuisine. From Lima to the Amazon and down through the Andes, Peru offers new and unique ingredients, exotic flavors, and healthy food preparation techniques. In this course, you will:

• Become intimately familiar with the ingredients, cooking techniques, geographical regions, and ethnicities that make up the vast and diverse panorama of Peruvian cuisine.


• Explore Peru’s classic Creole dishes and enjoy a broad overview of the Peruvian pantry and influencing cultures (indigenous, Spanish, African, Italian, and Asian).


• Learn about Peru’s Asian fusion cuisines—Chifa (Chinese) and Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian).


• Discover Peru’s northern and southern regional cuisines.


• Taste Pisco 101, the world’s purest grape brandy, and learn how it is used in Peruvian cooking.


• Study Andean cuisine and its native tubers, rocks, herbs, exotic meats (llama), and pachamancas – a traditional pit-roasting technique using hot rocks.


• Take a tour of Peru’s unique Amazon cuisine and discover its principal ingredients and unique cooking techniques.

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