Peru: The Cookbook

Thrilled with Peru: The Cookbook—a vibrant, mouthwatering dive into Peruvian cuisine. Bought second-hand from an Amazon seller who described it as “like new,” and they weren’t kidding—it even smells fresh! Grateful for the honest listing and the gorgeous addition to my kitchen.

Bought as a gift - it is very pretty and the recipe we tried was yummy

Nice cookbook. Plenty of recipes. New combinations and tastes. Gives you lot of inspiration. There are many of chilies, some of them really hot spicy, so I replace it with regular chili peppers. It is not the basic cookbook but will add colors to your dinner routing. Recommend it.

Gorgeous book! Beautifully presented with a vast array of Peruvian recipes. Happy to see the traditional recipes and not “fusion” ones. This book sparks joy!

What a beautiful book. Having been to 2 of Gaston Arcurio's restaurants I wanted to create some of the food we ate. It looks like I may have to wait as I think I'll have to grow some of the specialist chillis i.e. limo chilli as they're not available in the UK. This hasn't put me off as there are tons of other recipes to try.

Excellent cookbook, pretty and with good recipes. Would like more photos though and more complex recipes as some are a bit simplistic compared to the chef's own skills.

Beautifully presented and informative book which gives you an insight into some fantastic recipes and ingredients. Highly recommended.

Wonderful chapter on Ceviche

Peruvian food is a mix of European/Spanish cuisine, South American, Chinese and Japanese cuisine making it one of the best in the world. This book is a good example of how good and creative this cuisine is. Great inspiration for the housewives and chefs alike.

Znalazłam tu dużo dobrych przepisów, na prawdę warto mieć tę książkę, szczególnie jak jest się fanem kuchni peruwiańskiej. Jedyny minus to może jest aż za dużo przepisów i łatwo się pogubić z wyborem.

Great book, great quality.

I have traveled to over 50 countries and I am definitely a foodie, but Peruvian food is definitely in my top 3 cuisines in the world. When I heard that this book was coming out, I preordered it immediately and I have been not so patiently waiting for its arrival. It didnt disappoint! There are a few things that people want to know about a cookbook , so I will try to cover them. I will start with a few small negatives. While it has never been important to me, there is not a picture for every recipe. But there are variations of different recipes throughout the book so one picture could give the general idea for several recipes. The only negative from my perspective is that the index does not have the name in both English and Spanish. For example, my favorite dish is lomo saltado, but I would have to know to look up beef tenderloin stirfry to find it in the index. But now for the many positives! First, the food looks and sounds amazing. It is true to its Peruvian roots rather than trying to be an Americanized Peruvian. For a chefs cookbook, I was please to find that the ingredient lists were not ridiculously long and the instructions were fairly simple. For the most part, the ingredients are not hard to find. The exceptions would be for some dishes not normally eaten in America, but there are often substitutions provided, or another recipe is provided that is very similar with more common ingredients. For example, I do not like tripe and I dont think I will eat bull testicles. I like that these recipes are there just because it captures the spirit of the cuisine, but there are other possible options. There is also an extensive glossary for unfamiliar ingredients and I love the fact that the measurements are in both imperial and metric measures. All in all this would be my go to book for Peruvian food and the chapter on ceviche and tiraditos is worth the price of the book alone

Me encanto!, lo pedí en ingles por error, y aun traducido es excelente, si tuviera que añadir algo por fuerza sería ampliar el glosario de ingredientes peruanos, mucha gente confunde los ingredientes porque con la traducción pierde identidad, ejemplo ají amarillo, en traducción seria yellow chilli, si una persona ajena a nuestra cultura fuera a buscarlo posiblemente regresaría con algo que no es ají amarillo peruano, ya que existen muchos tipos de chile amarillo en el mundo. Tambien como persona que ha vivido mucho en la amzonía he extrañado muchos platos de mi tierra y de la selva peruana en general.