Lima – One of the world’s new food capitals

CNN Travel holds a round table interview with legendary Peruvian chefs Gaston Acurio (La Mar) and Mitsuharu Tsumura (Maido) about the rise in importance of Peruvian cuisine over the last several decades. They discuss how the richness of Peru’s cuisine comes from the many different cultures that make up the country. New generations of chefs are recreating traditional dishes and developing new dishes from Peru’s cultural influences from the Amazon, Andes, Incas, Europeans and diverse fishing communities.

Click the link to watch this great CNN interview with two of Peru’s top chefs and learn about how Peru has developed into one of the world’s food capitals. The new food capital of the world (cnn.com)

Chefs Gaston Acurio and Mitsuharu Tsumura discuss Peruvian cuisine’s rise to international prominence over the last decades