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peru is a country that s historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there s something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it, and fetishize it. i m talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it s now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. i m joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before i ve re-immersed myself in the booming lima food scene. i took a walk through this beautiful world. felt the cool rain on my shoulder. found something good in this beautiful world. i m in peru with this guy, eric ripert. the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. that s funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant, le bernardin, in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate. so that s why we re in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, we re spend ....
marissa: there is a lot of ingredients, good ingredients, all year round. eric: the rocoto is very good. anthony: what do you do when you re homesick for peruvian food, uh, in your traveling? there s really no coque: we take some always some chilies with us in the, you know, the luggage. we are the perfect, uh, smugglers. eric: i believe you. i believe you do it, man. [ laughter ] anthony: i hate to say goodbye to this, but it is what it is. things to do, places to go, wild and apparently extremely rare cacao trees to visit. incredible meal. so happy. marissa: thank you. anthony: so happy. [ women singing in spanish ] anthony: all i could say is, if people are anywhere near this nice on the rest of this trip, it s going to be okay. lima, city of kings, home to a third of peru s people. ....
Amazing. they re so fresh. anthony: i want to be her next-door neighbor. eric: it s incredible. anthony: wow. eric: it s so good. anthony: so, has peruvian cuisine always been this diverse and this delicious and we re just discovering it, or has it changed over the last 15 years? coque: it s change it s changing anyway, but you know, what you re eating now, it s the traditional food. anthony: there s so many products in peru that are unfamiliar to people in the states. when you eat this food, it s not like, well, this is something like no, this, uh, it s not really it s not kind of like anything. it s really all its own. marissa: there is a lot of ingredients, good ingredients, all year round. eric: the rocoto is very good. anthony: what do you do when you re homesick for peruvian food, uh, in your traveling? there s really no coque: we take some always some chilies with us in the, you know, the luggage. we are the perfect, uh, smugglers. eric: i beli ....
anthony: wow. eric: it s so good. anthony: so, has peruvian cuisine always been this diverse and this delicious and we re just discovering it, or has it changed over the last 15 years? coque: it s change it s changing anyway, but you know, what you re eating now, it s the traditional food. anthony: there s so many products in peru that are unfamiliar to people in the states.p;gfñ when you eat this food, it s not like, well, this is something like it s not kind of like anything. it s really all its own. marissa: there is a lot of ingredients, good ingredients, all year round. eric: the rocoto is very good. anthony: what do you do when you re homesick for peruvian food, uh, in your traveling? there s really no coque: we take some always some chilies with us in the, you know, the luggage. [ laughter ] we are the perfect, uh, smugglers. eric: i believe you. i believe you do it, man. [ laughter ] anthony: i hate to say goodbye to this, but it is what it is. ....
This delicious and we re just discovering it or has it changed over the last 15 years? it s changing any way. what you re eating now is the traditional food. there s so many products in peru different than the states. when you eat this food, it s something like. not kind of like anything. it s all year-round. it is very good. what do you do when you re homesick for peruvian food and you re traveling? there s really we take some chiles with us in the luggage. we re the perfect smugglers. i hate to say good-bye to this but it is what it is. things to do and places to go. wild and apparently extremely rare cacao trees to visit. incredible meal. so happy. ....