The circular terraces of Moray remain mysterious. The Inca may have sued the side for agricultural experiments, testing various crops at each level’s microclimate.
Cusco’s name roughly translates from an Incan word as “navel” or “center.”
A smiling Claudia Corihuman prepares a birthday party for her mother (seated left) in Kacllaraccay, Peru.
Andean plants become art at Virgilio Martinez’s Mil.
A pork belly dish is one of eight “moments” at Mil, near Moray, Peru.
A researcher at Mil is experimenting with dehydrating different ingredients.
Potatoes are naturally freeze-dried to make chuno in Kacllaraccay.
Haresh Bhojwani sets up a still at his Destileria Andina where he’s revolutionizing canazo rum.
Claudia Carihuman tends a sod huatia oven where she will roast potatoes and fava beans.
Gabriel Velasquez serves a pachamanca lunch in the organic garden at El Aubergue in Ollantaytambo, Peru.
