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The Greatest Battle of them All!!, The World Cup Trailer. ?Who Will Win at South Africa? Video By anasian
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FIFA's Football World Cup, South Africa 2010; the first World Cup in the African continent will be the biggest televised event in world history .
A set of pictures and images from the Peruvian documentary "Ollas y Sueños" (Cooking Up Dreams) released in August, 2009 about the 500 years of fusion (mixture) cuisine in Peru.
Peru is the birthplace of world fusion cuisine and the cultural mixture and miscegenation (marriage) of ancient native cuisines with that of several different types of cuisines of four continents.
Ask.com wrote - "Thanks to pre-Inca
and Inca heritage and to Spanish, Basque, African,
Sino-Cantonese, Japanese and finally Italian, French and British
immigration
(mainly throughout the 19th century), Peruvian Cuisine combines the
flavors of
four continents. With the eclectic variety of traditional dishes, the
Peruvian
culinary arts are in constant evolution, and impossible to list in their
entirety. Suffice it to mention that along the Peruvian coast alone
there are
more than two thousand different types of soups, and that there are more
than
250 traditional desserts.
The great variety in Peruvian Cuisine stems from three major influences:
Peru's unique
geography,
84 of the 104 possible life zones on Earth according to Holdridge
Peru's openness and
blending of distinct races and cultures
The incorporation of
ancient cuisine into modern Peruvian Cuisine"
Peru - A Food obsess Nation
Peruvian Cuisine is one of the main driving forces of Peru’s rapid economic development in the last 15 years, and
growing national pride. Similar to France, Spain, Italy, and Japan, cuisine in Peru, and the people
that make it, are respected at all levels of society. It is the most
revealing aspect of Peruvian society, more so than music, art, or futbol (soccer). Guarango's De Ollas y Sueños, (Cooking Up
Dreams), is a beautiful filmed released last year which opened to much domestic and international acclaim. The film follows
Peruvian Cuisine around Peru and around the world.
Peru is
considered one of the most important center for the genetic diversity of the world's crops:
Choclo (corn), 35 varieties
Tomatoes,
15 species
Potatoes, Peru is the birthplace of the potato. The Ancient Peruvians (pre-Inca
civilizations) cultivated and domesticated the potato almost 10,000
years ago. Of the roughly 4,500 varieties of potatoeson Earth, 3,000
are indigenous to Peru.
Sweet Potatoes, 150 varieties
Peanuts are native to Peru and were taken by Spanish and Portuguese merchants
to Africa.
Cooking Up Dreams (Trailer) - Ollas y Sueños: This excellent documentary about the Peruvian Cuisine movement and the hottest food trend world-wide over the last few years was released last Fall in Lima, Peru. It will premierefor the first time in the U.S. this weekend in New
York, Chicago, Texas and Toronto. This movie is about the 500 years of cultural mixture or miscegenation (not fusion) of Peru with respect to it's rich gastronomical history, culture, migration, and it's various foods and cuisines within the country and abroad.
San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gatequote - "NO CON-FUSION HERE: "The very first place there was
fusion cuisine was Peru." -- Chef Patricio Gaston Herrera, relating
how New World and Old World cuisines melded nearly 500 years ago with
arrival of "invaders" -- the Spanish."
The premiere will take place on
Saturday April 17, 2010 at the Havana Film Festival in Manhattan, New York,
an important showcase for Latin American cinema. I've seen this
excellent film about Peru & Peruvian Cuisine. It is a must see!!!!
Details of Cooking Up Dreams (Trailer) - Ollas y Sueños:
Feature Documentary: "Cooking Up Dreams"
Original title: De Ollas y Sueños
Directed by: Ernesto Cabellos
Produced by: Televisión América Latina (TAL) and Guarango Association
Format: HDV 1080i60
Release date: August 2009 (Lima, Peru)
Images of Peruvian Cuisine and the international & domestic chefs in the documentary:
"Mesa de Chefs" (The Chefs Table)
Picture of Teresa Izquierdo (Afro-Criollo Peruvian Cuisine), Gaston Acurio (Haute-Peruvian Cuisine), and Hector Solis (traditional Criollo Peruvian Cuisine).
Bernardo Roca Rey - restaurateur, local newspaper owner, and one of the founders of the "Novo Andino" (New Andean) cuisine movement in Peru and abroad dating back to the early-1980s.
Peru is the birthplace of the potato. The Ancient Peruvians (pre-Inca civilizations) cultivated and domesticated the potato almost 10,000 years ago. Of the roughly 4,500 varieties of potatoeson Earth, 3,000 are indigenous to Peru.
Ernesto Cabello - Peruvian film director of Ollays y Sueños (Cooking Up Dreams)
Johnny Schuler - Pisco (Peruvian Brandy) ambassador, President of the Peruvian Pisco Association, TV personality, Pisco entrepreneur, and big investor of the U.S. Pisco market.
In Peru, there are hundreds of variety of "Choclo" (Peruvian corn).
The world famous "Choclo Blanco Gigante de Cuzco" (giant Peruvian white corn of Cusco). The delicious "Choclo Cusco" is the biggest corn in the world, they grow abundantly around the Valley of the Incas.
Top celebrity chefs leading the Peruvian Cuisine world conquest movement - Peru's Toshiro Konishi (Peruvian-Japanese Mixed Cuisine called "Nikkei"), Spain's Juan Mari Arzak (haute Spanish-Basque Cuisine), and Peru's Gaston Acurio.
Peru's Gaston Acurio- The #1 celebrity chef in all Latin America, owner of La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, Astrid y Gaston, & Tanta restaurant brand, TV personality, and leader of the Peruvian Cuisine movement world-wide.
Ferran Adria(haute Spanish Molecular Cuisine) - The #1 celebrity chef in the world, owner of Bulli (highest Michelin rated restaurant in the world), and now follower of Peru's Gaston Acurioand Pedro Miguel Schiaffino.
Pedro Miguel Schiaffino - Leader of Peru's haute Amazonian Cuisine movement, chef professor, and owner of Malabar in San Isidro, Peru (Food & Wine Magazine's 4th best bar in the world).
Here is part 2 in Castelliano (Castillian Spanish) of this impressive video called "El Pisco Patrimonio Cultural Del Peru - Parte 2" (Peru's Pisco Cultural Heritage).
There is a short interview with restaurateur, Peruvian media mogul, publisher, hotelier, and #1 Latin American celebrity chef Gaston Acurio in Lima, Peru. Gaston is the owner of the five star Astrid y Gaston, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, Tanta, and other top Peruvian brand restaurants. He currently owns 40+ upscale Peruvian restaurants around the world. He also owns the Mistura Peruvian Cuisine Expo, the largest cuisine expo in all Latin America.
Also in the video is Pedro Schiaffino, one of Peru's top young chefs and the owner ofMalabar in San Isidro, Peru. According to this month's Food & Wine Magazine here in the United States, Malabar is the 4th best lounge & bar in the world!
According to Food & Wine Magazine - "the Peruvian Pisco Sour is the most elegant of Latin American drinks. Far superior and more refined than the Cuban Mojito, the Brazilian Caipirinha, and the Californian Margarita. Pisco Sour made with Pisco Peruano and the Limon Peruano, the best lime in the world, has no rival."
The one and only "Coca Sour Peruano" - the mind boggling & sheer ecstasy inducing drink from the ancient Incas the Peruvian Coca Sour made of coca leaves (the raw leaves that is used to make cocaine)!!! This is pure coca leaves not extract or coca infused Pisco.
Picture of the truly unique "Coca Pisco Peruano" at an upscale restaurant in Miraflores, Peru. This drink is illegal in the Unites States and in most countries around the world. But in San Francisco I know a top Peruvian restaurant that serves a Coca infused Pisco Sour! It is much diluted, so it not the same thing. But it is the closes thing you can get to being in Peru.
Just released yesterday Friday, Feb 5, 2010 in Castellano (Castillian Spanish) by Peru's government cultural and tourism bureau is this magnificent video called "El Pisco Patrimonio Cultural Del Peru - Parte 1" (Peru's Pisco Cultural Heritage- Part 1).
An impressive display of 30+ different types of Peruvian Piscos at a 5 star lounge in San Isidro (outside of Lima), Peru!
This is the part of the Prince Claus Funds Awards presentation in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday Wednesday, December 16, 2009 in which it showcases the work of 2009 laureate Latin America celebrity chef Gaston Acurio from Peru. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, her family, and some 600 royal guests tasted delicious Peruvian Cuisine!
Castellano (Español)
Esta es la parte de la presentacion de los Premios Principe Claus de los
Fondos en Amsterdam, Holanda, ayer Miercoles, 16 de Diciembre,
2009 en la que muestra el trabajo de 2009 del celebre chef Latino Americano Gaston Acurio del Peru. La Reina Beatriz de los Paises Bajos, su familia, y unos 600 invitados reales comieron la deliciosa comida Peruana!
Here is the website and short video of one of the United States' greatest ski resort - Squaw Valley USA.
Squaw Valley Ski Resortis Tahoe's most expansive resort has 33 lifts that access 4000 acres of legendary terrain. The resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and that spirit lives on today. This season join in the fun as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of those Olympic games and the 60th anniversary of the resort's opening.
Looking at the Squaw Valley Tram with beautiful Lake Tahoe, CA. in the background!!!
The Mother Ship & me
After a hard & fun day of skiing the runs below "The Mothership" - KT - 22 liftat Squaw Valley USA! The greatest (most difficult) chair lift in America!!!
Castellano (Español)
Despues de un duro dia de diversion en las pistas de esqui por debajo de "The Mothership" (la Madre Nave) - KT-22 de elevacion en Squaw Valley USA!La grua mas grande (difícil) de esqui en los Estados Unidos!
High Camp @ El. 8,200 ft (2,499 meters)
Features - Spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada, ice skate
at the Olympic Ice Pavilion, learn a little more
about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Museum, enjoy the Snowtubing Arena, drink at the Poolside Umbrella Bar, and soak up the Sierra Nevada sun in the Swimming Lagoon
& Spa (opens for the Spring and Summer).
Look toward the Siberia ski lift at Squaw Valley USA.
At top of Granite Peak, Squaw Valley USA - Windbuffed.
