You may recall me telling you that I recently binged my way through Anthony Bordain’s Parts Unknown, fangirling on it years behind the curve (par for the course, really). I’ve discovered places that I absolutely do not want to visit, and others that jumped right to the top of a mental list that is already way too long (Burma and Spain, I’m looking at you).

In one of my favorite episodes from early on, he and his famous-chef buddy Eric Ripert* traipsed through Peru, hunting down a pretty unique form of cacao (a worthy journey for sure).  it had me seeing Peru beyond Cusco and the Inca Trail and the food, well, it’s the seafood and citrus of which all of my dreams are made. One dish in particular really caught my eye and I wanted to make it right away, causa limeña. 

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