Pearl #24 ~ The Land of 4,000 Potatoes

I realize that I've been focusing a lot on the excerpts from my 2006 trip to Peru.  But in both my trips to Peru, I had some of my most memorable culinary experiences ever!  In a land that's reputed to grow more than 4,000 varieties of potato, how can you not expect its food to be wondrous?  So, I'm going to present a new series of pearls with my favorite food moments (some with illustration).  I'll start with Peru, since there are many and that fits with my current theme.  For starters (appetizers? aperitivos?), here are the ones already mentioned in previous blog posts:

An amazing selection of treats from my favorite grocery store, Wong.  A description of a shopping trip to Wong was published in Pearl #21.

I was so proud of these Carniverous Cannibal Stuffed Peppers that I was in the midst of photographing them when my very first earthquake rattled my world!  Check out Pearl #18 for the full story.

This picture was taken at La Rosa Nautica, and the president of Perú was sitting right behind me!  This, and more, are available in Pearl #17.