Sunflower: Garden Giant
The sunflower is HUGE, not only in size and present popularity, but in terms of its many uses. Native Americans cultivated helianthus thousands of years before Christ in the region that later became the Plains States, as well as in Peru and ... [... more]
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The Passion Flower
The Legend. Legend has it that in 1620 a Jesuit priest in Peru came across the plant we now know as passion flower. Enthralled with its beauty, that night he had a vision likening its floral parts to the elements of the Crucifixion or Passion of ... [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Ají de Lentejas (Bolivian spicy lentil stew)
Serves 4. Cooking time: 35 minutes. While this recipe is Bolivian, ají is also typical of Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador and northern Chile, as is the salad that accompanies it, the Sarsa. Sarsa: Mix ingredients, and set aside--the longer this sits, the ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Peru
 Great for Planning a Trip & Understanding the Culture: If you want to travel to Peru, this is the guide that will bring you cultural information, history of the sacred sites, the people, villages, fiestas, as well as climate, major attractions, [... more]
CDN$34.95
Amazon CA |
Insight Guide - Peru
Great for Planning a Trip & Understanding the Culture: If you want to travel to Peru, this is the guide that will bring you cultural information, history of the sacred sites, the people, villages, fiestas, as well as climate, major attractions, [... more]
CDN$23.03
Amazon CA |
Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru
An excellent addition to any library on Peru.: Andean societies excelled in metallurgy. The artisans hammered out remarkable jewelry and artifacts for the various royal dynasties (Chavin, Nazca, Wari, Moche, Inca) as far back as the late second [... more]
CDN$20.02
Amazon CA |
Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru
Not the best guide on the Moche: Joanne Pillsbury does an adequate job detailing the people known as the Moche. In her book: Moche Art and Archaeology in Ancient Peru she takes you through the beginning of these people lost. They built huge and bizarre [... more]
CDN$40.13
Amazon CA |
Frommer's Peru, 2nd Edition
Good on Frommer's!: It appears to me that the first reviewer may have a chip on his shoulder and ought to have stayed home, wherever that is. As someone who was raised in Perú and return often, I believe that the author of Frommer's Perú [... more]
CDN$22.91
Amazon CA |
The Amaryllis
The amaryllis is a tender, flowering bulb, originally from the Andes Mountains of Chile and Peru. The plant was named after a shepherdess in Greek mythology. The word actually means "sparkling" and refers to the attractive bloom. The amaryllis . [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Potato: Lunch o' the Irish
Like the tomato to which it is related, the potato initially met with distrust and suspicion. Although it had been cultivated in Peru by the Incas for thousands of years, it was not introduced into Europe until the 1500's. Because the tubers grow ... [... more]
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Passionflowers
There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate In 1620 a Jesuit priest in Peru came across the plant we now know as There are about 400 species of Passiflora. Many are grown ornamentally, and several are grown for their ... [... more]
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Lonely Planet Peru
great, but with deficiencies...: like all travel guides, you can find something that is not there in 'lonely planet peru'... i traveled peru for three months last year and had the advantage of using three different guidebooks along the way... they all [... more]
CDN$37.95
Amazon CA |
