Country Studies with Annalise: Peru

There is nothing like food to bring home a lesson. Annalise studied Peru this week in her World book.  And for Thursday's lesson, we headed out to our local Peruvian Restaurant - Punto Peru. 

Did the Inca's drink Inca Kola?  The world may never know.

If you have ever tried the Caribbean soda Champagne Cola, it tastes very similar.

We ate Chaufa de Pollo - basically chicken fried rice.  As I understand it, there is some Asian influence on Peruvian cuisine.

It was piping hot and probably the best fried rice I've ever eaten.

Like being there!

Machu Picchu!

For a treat, we tried Alfajores - the cookies are a kind of shortbread.  The filling is dulce de leche.  They are delicioso!

These were billed as traditional Peruvian style cookies, but my Cuban neighbor taught me to make an easy version of these using Nilla Wafers.  These are better, but the easy ones are pretty good too.