Peruvian Hot Chocolate Cookies

Last Thursday at Casa Yllika (our home in Lima), we surprised our dear housemate, Luna, with a birthday sign and balloons strung up outside her bedroom. It reminded me of the high school days when my friends and I would decorate each other’s lockers whenever there was a birthday. 🙂 As part of a little…

The Secret to Lomo Saltado…

Lomo saltado — a traditional Peruvian stir fry dish with your choice of meat.  The best lomo saltado I have ever come across can be tried at the Chinese-Peruvian fusion restaurant, Flor de Mayo.  There are two locations in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  I have only been to the one on Amsterstam between…