Traditional Pisco Sour Peruvian Cocktail Recipe
Peru’s love affair with the lime starts with ceviche and continues in its potent, refreshing national cocktail, the pisco sour.
Destinations
How to make Lomo Saltado?
This dish from Lima reflects the influence of Chinese immigrants, and is a Peruvian take on the stir-fry. It just took second place in a new list of the Gastronomic Wonders of Peru.
Gocta Falls ~ The Debate and a Video
There’s been much frenzied debate about what place Gocta holds on the list of the world’s highest waterfalls. Is it the third highest, the fifth or the fourteenth? Do you measure both drops together, or only the highest of the two stages? Is height really the most important factor in deciding whether a waterfall is worth visiting?
Tijeras – The Scissors Dance
This acrobatic dance is performed in the southern and central highlands of Peru in Ayacucho, Apurimac and especially in Huancavelica. It’s also performed at peñas, or dance halls like Las Brisas de Titicaca in Lima.
Two male dancers face off to outdo each other in performing a series of leaps, flips, flops and spins, all while ignoring your grandma’s rule about never running with scissors. Musicians accompany the combatants with driving melodies on the violin and harp.
“Magic Water Circuit” – El Circuito Mágico del Agua
The centerpiece of recent efforts to beautify Lima’s downtown, this collection of more than a dozen water fountains opened in 2007. It’s since become an enormous draw for Peruvian families and is climbing the charts as a must-do attraction for international travelers visiting the capital. This year it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest fountain complex in the world.