Thursday, July 31, 2008

Celebrating Peru: Peruvian Pisco Flowed From Lima's Plaza De Armas

Photo: Andina
Peruvian Independence Day, July 28, has come and gone. Here in Los Angeles, we ended up eating papa a la huancaína, choros a la chalaca, anticuchos, papa rellena, and picarones at a popular Peruvian eatery, El Pollo Inka in Gardena, where they also put on a Peruvian show.

Peruvian crooner Edith Barr was in town and sang a few classic criolla songs. She looked pretty good for 70! The crowd loved her. There was a good set of music and lots of dancing, which Peruvians love to do.

We had a couple of so-so pisco sours that made us wish we were in Lima watching the fireworks and drinking proper pisco sours. But overall, for Los Angeles, we can't complain. The crowd even sang the Peruvian National Anthem led by Los Angeles' Peruvian Consul.

Meanwhile, back in Lima, Peruvian pisco flowed from the historic fountain at the center of Lima's Plaza de Armas. This was in celebration of Pisco Day, an annual celebration honoring pisco which falls on the fourth Sunday of July. This year, Pisco Day happened to be the day prior to Peruvian Independence Day. More reason to celebrate!


Photo: Andina
Having pisco flow from this historic fountain has become one of the most popular events as part of the Pisco Day festivities. This year, according to news reports, there were thousands of people waiting in line to sample the free pisco.

Photo: Andina
Even Peruvian President Alan Garcia got into the act (although, we doubt he had to wait in the line). He may not have a high popularity index in Peru, but he sure looks like he enjoys his Peruvian pisco!

Photos: Andina







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TAGS: Peru, Peruvian, food, cooking, cuisine, cocina, comida, gastronomía, peruana

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Peru Food Button

Since we're getting back into the Peruvian food groove, we decided to offer our readers a copy of our Peru Food button, which you can add to your blog or website, in order to take your readers directly to our Peruvian food blog:

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Why not promote Peruvian food with this cool new Peru Food button?

For the above button and a a direct link to Peru Food, just copy the following HTML code below to your blog or website:








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TAGS: Peru, Peruvian, food, cooking, cuisine, cocina, comida, gastronomía, peruana

Monday, July 28, 2008

Happy Peruvian Independence Day!

It's July 28 again, and in Peru, everyone is celebrating Peruvian Independence Day. This version of the Peruvian National Anthem is by Jaime Cuadra and his Cholo Soy Project...





¡Que viva el Perú!





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TAGS: Peru, Peruvian, food, cooking, cuisine, cocina, comida, gastronomía, peruana

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Video: Pisco Sour Recipe, Just In Time For Peruvian Independence Day

Monday, July 28, is Peruvian Independence day.

One-hundred eighty-seven years ago, Peru declared itself independent from Spain after 279 years of colonization.

The Peruvian pisco sour wasn't invented until the 1920s; but in 2008, the most classic Peruvian cocktail is the famous pisco sour.

This short video by Kim Haasarud, The Liquid Chef, demonstrates how to make the perfect pisco sour, step-by-step.

Of course, you have to use the finest Peruvian pisco to get the optimal results.






I've posted about pisco sours before:


Happy Pisco Sour Day 2008! (Pisco Sour: Not For Beginners

Pisco Sour Recipe: The Illustrated Japanese Version

A Brief Introduction To The Making Of Peruvian Pisco

Video: Pisco, Cultural Heritage of Peru


Happy Pisco Sour Day: February 3

Recipe: Pisco Sour

¡Viva el Perú!





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TAGS: Peru, Peruvian, food, cooking, cuisine, cocina, comida, gastronomía, peruana

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Peru Food: Under Construction

Peru Food is currently under construction. After much waiting, we've finally migrated to the new Blogger format, but in the process have lost all our widgets and customizations. We have also changed our template. We will be working on returning our original links as soon as possible and begin posting again. Thanks for your patience!