Rare 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found at an ancient Inca coastal site are changing how researchers understand the power of early food preservation. The discovery in southern Peru has revealed ...

Growing up in Peru, we ate many foods that you don’t see as often in the United States. Quinoa, for instance, was everywhere—we used it to feed both people and chickens! In recent years many of the ...

Grown high in the Andes for millennia, a grain the Incas so prized they deemed it sacred has become a global star and is now being touted as the health food of the future. Quinoa, a good crop for ...

Archaeologists in Peru have recovered two potato lumps from an Inca storeroom dating back about 500 years, and the pieces still appear strikingly well preserved. The find offers a window into how the ...

* Climate change may have boosted Inca food production * Study points to melting glaciers starting 800 years ago By Madelyn Fairbanks MARCACOCHA, Peru, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A period of global warming ...