Food & Drink News

As every year on the first Saturday in February, today is the "Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour" - the National Pisco Sour Day, where Peru celebrates its national drink and most popular cocktail.

For over 20 years “Restaurant Week” is celebrated in numerous cities around the globe such as New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Sydney, Beijing and Rio, just to name a few. So Lima, the world’s gastronomic capital and a food lover paradise, has to be part of it as well. Since 2014 some of Lima’s best restaurants participate in the...

For the second time the city of Tumbes in northern Peru hosts the Peru Mucho Gusto food festival this coming weekend. Organized by Promperu, Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board, and Tumbes authorities, the food fair aims at promoting the local gastronomy and less known Peruvian destinations as well as boosting domestic and near-border tourism.

Emerged over 30 years ago in the US, then spilled over to Europe a few years ago and now the trend completely arrived in Peru: Craft Beer or as it’s called here “Cerveza Artesanal". Craft Beer or Cerveza Artesanal literally means crafted or traditionally brewed beer. But this explanation doesn’t reflect the real meaning of today’s specialty beer scene....

As every year on the 3rd Sunday in October, Peru celebrates today with the "Dia Nacional del Anticucho" one of its most popular national dishes.