Hi everyone- Today I am posting one food recipe and one drink. To make Capchi de Avas you need: 5 yellow potatoes 100g lima/fava beans 1/2 onion 1/4 tsp pepper 1 stem/branch of huacatay or oregano if you can’t find huacatay Oil 1/2 tbsp......Read More

Hello everyone! Today we made a delicious meat stuffed potato snack with a cooked cinammon apple with a quinoa milk drink for dessert. These two dishes are named Papa Rellenos and Masamora de Quinoa con Apple Compote. I will be writing about Papa......Read More

This is our second and a half dessert. It’s very similar to pudding. You need Cinnamon sticks (1-2ish), Quinoa, 1 Star anis, water, 400g condensed milk, 400g normal milk, 2 tbsps corn starch, and 3 tbsps sugar. Wash the quinoa and put it in a......Read More

Hi everyone! We recently returned from our mini X-phase to Machu Picchu. What a time and a half! With students planning all elements of the course, we successfully took a four hour bus ride, trekked carrying our tents and snacky peanuts for three......Read More

I once again have a new recipie to share to Adam and my mass following of Peruvian cooking enthusiasts. We can’t let our fans down. I am writing about Espagettis a la Huancaina. It serves 1-2 people. I personally thought the sauce was......Read More

Hello everyone! I know you missed us and our delicious recipes as we were unfortunately in some random place in Peru. 😉  In all seriousness, Machu Picchu was amazing and I know my dad is still waiting for the numerous photos I took. Sorry I am......Read More

I remember lying on the linoleum floor of my 6th grade history teacher’s classroom, scouring through his massive collection of National Geographic issues.  My ultimate dream was to photograph for them: Travelling the world in perilous......Read More

Thought of the day: For me, true home is where I grew up. Home is the front yard I played on every day as I child, or the people I grew up knowing and saying hi to on a daily basis. But can home also be a place – anywhere is in this diverse......Read More

Hello everyone! Today we made two fantastic dishes. These included Sollerido, a delicious Peruvian salad and Lomo Saltado, an amazing beef dish that has been my personal favorite in Urubamba. Since I was feeling a little under the weather last week,......Read More

Hellooo Yak Board! Although we are leaving tomorrow, with over two weeks in Urubamba under our belt I think most of us are feeling pretty settled here. This settling, this slipping into a routine of days full of walking now familiar streets, Spanish......Read More

To Everybody! Group B is off to Machu Picchu tomorrow. We will be back on Thursday and you can expect students to have the opportunity to contact Friday. Talk soon!...Read More