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Promesas

Vallejo Nocturno 2012- In Charlottesville, at an antique shop-Mexican promesas

Vegas dreams

Vallejo Nocturno 2012- descending mix

Vegas in Venice

Vallejo Nocturno 2012- Lost in the Canals

Arrival in Newark

Vallejo Nocturno 2012- morning lights

Angkor Angkor

Ying from his foto essay Angkor Angkor

In Barranco

Vallejo Nocturno 2012-sundowner peace

Lineas de Lima

Vallejo nocturno 2012- heart lines

Top Trends in Peruvian Foods

After a flurry of eating in Lima's great restaurants over the last couple of weeks, here's an article by Nicholas Gill from his instructive blog, New World Review:

Peruvian food is becoming a global phenomenon. The culinary scene in Lima and the rest of Peru keeps improving. Food festivals, such as Mistura, are expanding. Young chefs who have trained in top kitchens in North America and Europe are returning home to open restaurants. In the same regard in North America and Europe Peruvian chefs are being called upon to a greater degree to launch new restaurants. Gastón Acurio is not holding back on his expansion plans. Culinary ideas are being refined from every angle. Here’s what to expect from Peruvian food and restaurants in 2012:

1.) Amaz Opens: Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, in my opinion the best chef in Peru right now (he’s the chef of Malabar in Lima and has also had a hand in La Pescaderia and the menu aboard the MV Aqua riverboat in the Amazon) is opening this Amazonian bar and restaurant in Miraflores. Expect his already adventurous cocktails and food to be the most talked about restaurant in Peru this year. Av La Paz 1079 (entre Av La Paz y 28 de Julio,) Miraflores.

2.) Organic Produce and Sustainability Will Be Emphasized To a Greater Degree: Peru’s agricultural industry is booming, partly in thanks to the rapid growth in exports of organic produce. Farmers are opting to grow organically as they are seeing the long term benefits, though chefs are pushing hard too. At Nanka, Australian chef, Jason Nanka, and his Peruvian wife Lorena use mostly locally sourced organic produce and even have a small kitchen garden, in which grow many of their own herbs. Central has a rooftop garden as well. In Callao and now Barranco, La Pescaderia is showcasing sustainable seafood, including utilizing the otherwise discarded bycatch.

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