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113 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.
Chupe de Camarones (Arequipa River Prawn and Milk Chowder)
Chupe de camarones is Arequipa's flagship soup: a milk-and-prawn chowder built on a fond of crushed river-prawn…
Papa a la Huancaína (Yellow Potatoes in Ají Amarillo Cheese Sauce)
Papa a la huancaína is boiled yellow potatoes, peeled and cooled to room temperature, blanketed in a cool, thick…
Anticuchos de Corazón (Charcoal-Grilled Beef Heart Skewers)
Pieces of beef heart marinated overnight in ají panca, garlic, cumin and vinegar, threaded onto skewers and grilled…
Causa Limeña (Causa Rellena)
Causa limeña is Peru's great cold entrada: floury yellow potato riced while hot and worked with lime juice, oil and…
Ají de Gallina (Peruvian Creamed Chicken in Ají Amarillo)
Ají de gallina is Lima's defining ají amarillo dish: hand-pulled poached chicken folded into a thick golden sauce…
Lomo Saltado (Peruvian-Chinese Beef Stir-Fry with Fries and Rice)
Lomo saltado is Peru's national stir-fry: batons of beef tenderloin seared hard in a screaming-hot pan, then tossed…
Ceviche (Cebiche) with Ají Limo and Leche de Tigre
Cebiche is raw white fish cut into cubes, salted, and cured for two or three minutes in fresh lime juice with ají…
Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)
Pan de muerto is the round, butter-and-egg enriched sweet bread baked across central Mexico for Día de Muertos…
Pescado Zarandeado (Nayarit Fire-Grilled Butterflied Fish)
A whole fish opened flat through the back, painted with a guajillo-chipotle adobo cut hard with lime, and grilled…
Lamb Barbacoa, Hidalgo Style (Barbacoa de Borrego Estilo Hidalgo)
Barbacoa de borrego is the weekend meat of the central Mexican highlands: lamb wrapped in fire-roasted maguey…
Shrimp Aguachile (Aguachile de Camarón)
Aguachile is Sinaloa's raw shrimp dish and the Pacific coast's blunt answer to ceviche: butterflied raw shrimp…
Green Chilaquiles (Chilaquiles Verdes)
Chilaquiles verdes are the everyday Mexico City breakfast: day-old corn tortillas cut into wedges, fried to a…