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Peruvian Cuisine: La Comida Peruana

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Hola a todos! Alguno ya tuvo la oportunidad de degustar algún plato típico peruano?
La comida peruana es una de las cocinas más diversas del mundo, incluso han llegado a decir
que la cocina peruana compite con cocinas de alto nivel como la francesa y china.
La comida peruana es de gran diversidad gracias al aporte de diversas culturas como la
española, italiana, francesa, china, japonesa, entre otras, originando de esta manera una
fusión exquisita de distintos ingredientes y sabores que dieron lugar a distintos platos de
comida peruana. A este aporte multicultural a la cocina peruana, se suman la diversidad
geográfica del país (el Perú posee 84 de las 104 zonas climáticas de la tierra) permitiendo el
cultivo de gran variedad de frutas y verduras durante todo el año. Asimismo el Perú tiene la
bendición de limitar con el Océano Pacífico, permitiendo a los peruanos el consumo de
diversos platos basados en pescados y mariscos.
La comida peruana ha venido obteniendo un reconocimiento internacional principalmente a
partir de los años 90 gracias al trabajo de muchos chefs que se encargaron de difundir la
comida peruana en el mundo y desde entonces cada vez más gente se rinde ante la exquisita
cocina peruana. En el año 2006, Lima, la capital del Perú, fue declarada capital gastronómica
de América durante la Cuarta Cumbre Internacional de Gastronomía Madrid Fusión 2006.
En el próximo blog les contaré más detalladamente los platos más representativos del Perú
como el ceviche, pollo a la brasa, chifa; postres como la mazamorra morada o los picarones y
por supuesto les contaré también sobre las bebidas como el pisco y la chicha morada.

Hasta la próxima, y que tengan buena semana.

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English
Hello! Have you already had the opportunity to taste some typical Peruvian dishes? Peruvian
food is one of the world's most diverse cuisines, and it has even been suggested that Peruvian
cuisine competes with high-level cuisines such as French and Chinese.

Peruvian food is very diverse, thanks to the contribution of different cultures such as Spanish,
Italian, French, Chinese, and Japanese, among others, thus causing an exquisite fusion of
different ingredients and flavors that gave rise to different Peruvian dishes. To this
multicultural contribution to Peruvian cuisine, the geographic diversity of the country (Peru
has eighty-four of the 104 climate zones of the earth) is also added, allowing the cultivation
of a variety of fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Peru also has the blessing of
bordering on the Pacific Ocean, allowing the use of various Peruvian dishes based on
seafood.

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Peruvian food has been gaining international recognition mainly since the 1990s through the
work of many chefs who were responsible for spreading the Peruvian food throughout the
world, and since then, more and more people have been exposed to the Peruvian cuisine. In
2006, Lima, Peru's capital, was declared America's gastronomic capital during Madrid
Fusion's Fourth International Gastronomic Summit in 2006.

In the next blog, I will tell you in more detail about the most representative dishes of Peru,
such as "ceviche," grilled chicken, "chifa," and desserts such as "mazamorra" or "picarones,"
and of course I will tell you also about drinks such as "pisco" and "chicha morada."

Until next time, have a good week.

Vocabulary
Spanish English Class
degustar to taste verb
diversidad diversity noun
aporte contribute noun
fusión fusion noun
Exquisita Exquisite, delicious
(feminine)
multicultural multicultural adjective
bendición blessing noun
3 reconocimiento recognition noun
difundir to spread verb
declarada declared

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

¿Le gustaría degustar esta nueva marca de
galleta?
Me gusta venir a esta tienda porque hay gran
diversidad de productos.
María hizo un gran aporte a la investigación.
Me gusta el resultado de esta nueva fusión.
Nunca había probado comida más exquisita que
ésta.
El Perú es un país multicultural.
"Would you like to taste this new brand of cookie?"
"I like to come to this store because there is a great
diversity of products."
"Mary made a great contribution to the research."
"I like the result of this new fusion."
"I had never tried food more delicious than this."
"Peru is a multicultural country."

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Es una bendición poder tenerte en esta reunión.
Carlos recibió un reconocimiento por su excelente
trabajo.
Es importante que difundas esta noticia.
Lamentablemente José fue declarado culpable.
"It is a blessing to have you in this meeting."
"Charles received an award for his excellent work."
"It is important that you spread this news."
"Unfortunately Joseph was declared guilty."

Cultural Insight
An Essential Part of Peruvian Culture

In Peru, we have lots of delicious food, and we are proud of it. One example of this appears in a very
well-known commercial that promotes Peru, which starts by saying, "If you are Peruvian, you have
the right to eat well." Food is part of our culture, and proof of this is that many colloquial expressions
and slang are related to our food. For example, we use the word causa, which is a typical Peruvian
plate, to also refer to "a friend." Just like this, there are more names of plates that we use in our daily
conversation, showing the influence that food has in our culture.

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