Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peruvian cuisine is one of the world’s most diverse and flavorful culinary traditions. It is a testament to the country’s rich ...

Ceviche, quinoa, sushi — the nation’s kaleidoscopic culinary traditions are earning popularity and prestige around the world. By Julia Moskin When the Peruvian-born restaurateur Humberto Leon was ...

Mimicking this process, mountain peoples apparently learned to dunk wild potatoes in a “gravy” made of clay and water. Eventually they bred less-toxic potatoes, though some of the old, poisonous ...

The word potato originated in the mid-16th century from the Spanish word patata, a variant of Taino batata, which meant sweet potato. The English term referred to the sweet potato, and gained current ...