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Alonso Ruiz Rosas in conversation with Ignacio Medina

Arequipa taste

Arequipa 2025, Saturday 8 November 2025

From the emblematic chupe de camarones soup to the essential ocopa, adobo cold cut, stuffed peppers, and all kinds of traditional tastes from the picanterías and kitchens of Arequipa households. The new edition of La gran cocina mestiza de Arequipa, by Alonso Ruiz Rosas —also the author of El recetario de Arequipa—, delves into a unique cuisine and produces a book that is vital for all those who love Arequipa and its cookery. This recipe book is also steeped in the historical context of its flavours, and has now been re-published, over ten years after its first release. The culinary critic Ignacio Medina will season the conversation with Ruiz Rosas.