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The Conscious Traveller: How Peru’s potato guardians are protecting food heritage
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A highland family in Peru's Sacred Valley prepares a pachamanca, a traditional dish baked with the aid of hot stones. It is a social ritual where people feast on meats and vegetables, including potatoes.
PHOTO: TOH EE MING
Toh Ee Ming
PERU – For decades, farming potatoes has been intertwined with Mrs Rosa Cansaya’s life.
At home on Amantani Island – a remote island on Peru’s Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world – her year is mapped by nature’s cycles.
