Global Chronicles

Let me travel the world with you and capture its essence in food and drink as seen within local cultures! All with an eye towards nutrition and healthy eating. And how many foods and beverages keep travelers and residents at their finest. This time it’s Santa Fe, New Mexico!

From a gorgeous dinner setting high in the Peruvian mountains to a seemingly lowly airport stand, coffee reigns supreme here. Though I planned to limit my indulgences, Peruvian coffee and its relatives were just too intoxicating in both aroma and taste.

High quality, handmade chocolates abound at near-nothing expense. Many are bittersweet which is body and soul satisfying to me. But where to begin and what to look for consume me …

With taste, color and texture that can bait salmon lovers, Peruvian rainbow and brown trout are mainstay protein sources and significant economic staples here.

What a plethora of fruits and cheese awaited as I traveled from region to region throughout Peru! Not only were Peruvian fruits easy on the eye, but they were beyond delicious and oh so fragrant. That’s because they were snatched at their ripest and hustled to markets or restaurants. I could taste the mountain air and smell the ocean breeze with every bite.