Chocolatadas

Christmas in Peru is the season of chocolatadas and Pannetone. I've probably eaten more panetón this month than I have in my whole life. The only person I know in the US to eat it is my grandmother. Some of my friends said they didn't even know it was sold in the US. I never …

S’MORES!

The preferred way to cook here in rural Peru is with wood. A lot of people do have gas stoves too, but they say food cooked over wood tastes better. I love when it's cold at night and I go to sit in the kitchen while my mom makes dinner to warm up by the …

Day 15

I finished my peanut butter. RIP. But I also did a bunch of other cool things today!  Earlier in the week I had tried on my sister's polleras, the big colorful skirts they wear here. She told me to let her know when I wanted to wear one and shed lend it to me. Super …

A day in the life…

So no day has really been the same for me since I've been in site but I can tell some of what I've been doing.  My family usually wakes up at 5 to tend to the animals or harvest potatoes before breakfast. A lot of Sierra families get up early, sometimes to do work before …