Peruvian Chef Looks Beyond Cocaine to Create Coca-Leaf Cuisine

“Chef Gaston Acurio runs restaurants across South America that feature Peruvian specialties such as ceviche and manioc. Some also offer dishes that contain coca leaf, which is the source of cocaine.

Acurio and a coterie of Peruvian chefs prepared a multi- course dinner for President Alan Garcia and his cabinet in December. The menu, all legal, included desserts from coca-leaf flour and coca sour cocktails, a twist on the countrys signature drink, the pisco sour.”

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