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A grey stoneware bowl with pasta and Peruvian yellow sauce with a garnish of parmesan and chopped cilantro.

Pasta a la Huancaína

Pork and Hatch Chile with rice in a white bowl with black flatware and grey napkin.

Pork and Hatch Green Chile Stew

A black stoneware bowl of Peruvian beef stew with salsa criolla.

Peruvian Beef Stew (Seco de Carne)


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Cinnamon ice cream scoop in a waffle cone with cinnamon cookies and cinnamon stick.

Extra Cinnamon Ice Cream

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Do you love cinnamon? I do! This Extra Cinnamon Ice Cream highlights the flavor in 3 ways: 1. Cream is steeped with cinnamon sticks. 2. Cinnamon syrup is layered with frozen custard. 3. Crumbled cinnamon cookies intensify the cinnamon flavor, and add textural interest. This cinnamon-y frozen custard is a…
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A cast iron skillet with the completed chicken thighs in blood orange juice with peppers and olives.

Mediterranean Blood Orange Chicken

Vintage cocktail glasses with brilliant red gin, pomegranate, and Campari cocktails.

Gin and Pomegranate Cocktail

Locro de gallina in a white stoneware bowl with copper spoon, and rust-colored napkin.

Locro de Gallina

A black plate with 3 spicy pork belly bites garnished with cilantro.

Spicy Pork Belly Bites


2 modern, angular martini glasses with the chocolate Manhattan variant garnished with orange twist.

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A black plate with pollo saltado, french fries, and Peruvian rice with black flatware and garnishes.

Pollo Saltado

A single bowl of Peruvian beans with rice, salsa criolla, and avocado.

Peruvian Beans

A clear glass bowl with Homemade Low Sodium Tajín and a stainless steel measuring spoon.

Homemade Tajín Recipe (Copy Cat)

Peruvian ají sauce in a ceramic bowl, orange napking, and copper spoon.

Peruvian Yellow Sauce | Huancaína Sauce

A cast iron skillet with 4 portions of cod in a Mexican pan sauce with tomatoes and citrus.

Pan-Seared Mexican Fish

The Peruvian style rice feature image in an oval cast iron skillet with grey napkin.

Simple Peruvian Rice

A black stoneware bowl of Peruvian beef stew with salsa criolla.

Peruvian Beef Stew (Seco de Carne)

Pork and Hatch Chile with rice in a white bowl with black flatware and grey napkin.

Pork and Hatch Green Chile Stew

A cast iron Dutch oven with picadillo soup, a ladle, and print napkin.

Picadillo Soup

Peruvian Chicken and Rice in a cast iron skillet with a bowl of aji amarillo.

Peruvian Arroz con Pollo | Chicken and Rice


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Winter Favorites

A winter oldfashioned on a burlap cloth with orange twist and Christmas ornaments.

Winter Old Fashioned with Allspice Dram

A wood cutting board with 2 grey ceramic bowls of sopa criolla with wood spoons, herbs, and striped napkin.

Sopa Criolla | Peruvian Beef Noodle Soup

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Brandy-Spiked Mexican Hot Chocolate


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A white ceramic bowl with Peruvian cilantro chicken soup with copper spoon.

Aguadito de Pollo – Peruvian Chicken Soup

A cast iron skillet with ground turkey picadillo and beans and rice.

Cuban-Style Healthy Picadillo

2 individual fig and prosciutto pizzas on black plates on a cutting board with pizza cutter.

Pizza with Prosciutto and Figs

Greek meatball soup with orzo and spinach in blue and white bowls.

Lemony Greek Meatball Soup


Delicious Main Dishes

Locro de gallina in a white stoneware bowl with copper spoon, and rust-colored napkin.

Locro de Gallina

A platter of Peruvian chicken milanesa with lime wedges, fresh herbs, and colorful napkin.

Peruvian Milanesa de Pollo

A muffin pan with the prepared cheese stuffed meatballs before cooking.

Cheese Stuffed Bison Meatballs

A grey stoneware bowl with pasta and Peruvian yellow sauce with a garnish of parmesan and chopped cilantro.

Pasta a la Huancaína



Tacos and Tostadas


Delightful Drinks

Vintage cocktail glasses with brilliant red gin, pomegranate, and Campari cocktails.

Gin and Pomegranate Cocktail

Two hot honey old fashioned cocktails in rocks glasses on a wood burl cutting board.

Hot Honey Old Fashioned


Desserts

Cinnamon ice cream scoop in a waffle cone with cinnamon cookies and cinnamon stick.

Extra Cinnamon Ice Cream

A single crema volteada with orange and basil garnish with yellow striped napkin and copper spoon.

Spiced Crema Volteada

A white ceramic tray with 2 servings of prickly pear ice cream.

Prickly Pear Ice Cream

A tub of coconut tamarind ice cream and a waffle cone with 2 scoops.

Coconut Tamarind Ice Cream


Side Dishes

A cast iron platter with Peruvian roasted potatoes, Peruvian yellow sauce, and garnishes.

Papas a la Huancaína

Air fryer yuca fries on a rectangular platter with lime wedges and cilantro.

Peruvian Air Fryer Yuca Fries

A white Dutch oven with the completed Peruvian Christmas rice garnished with pomegranate arils and fresh herbs.

Peruvian Christmas Rice (Arroz Árabe)

Roasted honeynut squash is cooked in a cast iron skillet.

Spicy Roasted Honeynut Squash


Salads

A rustic white wood bowl with carrots, dried fruit, scallions, cilantro, almonds, and feta.

Moroccan Carrot Salad With Lemon Dressing

Roasted brussels sprouts salad in a wood bowl with copper fork.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad

Giant Corn Peruvian Salad Solterito

Peruvian Solterito Salad

A glass bottle of homemade fresh strawberry/fresas frescas vinaigrette with 2 bowls of salad.

Homemade Peruvian Salad Dressing


Appetizers

A black plate with 3 spicy pork belly bites garnished with cilantro.

Spicy Pork Belly Bites

A black stoneware plate of Peruvian tamales with salsa criolla.

Peruvian Tamales

A wood cutting board with salsa de rocoto, a rocoto pepper, and cilantro.

Salsa de Rocoto | Rocoto Salsa

A white plate with rustic bread, cheese, and spicy tomato confit.

Spicy Tomato Confit

Condiments and Spice Blends

Hot honey sauce with a drippy wood spoon and an english muffin.

Hot Honey Sauce Recipe

A wood cutting board with Yucatan pickled onions in a red clay bowl with copper spoon.

Yucatán Pickled Red Onions

A wood pinch bowl of low sodium taco seasoning, and a glass jar full of seasoning.

Gourmet Low Sodium Taco Seasoning Recipe

A white plate with kumquat confit and chèvre on toast.

Spiced Kumquat Confit

Soups and Stews

A white cast iron Dutch oven filled with Mexican Dutch oven beef stew on a striped placemat.

Mexican Dutch Oven Beef Stew

A black stoneware bowl of Peruvian beef stew with salsa criolla.