The prospect of vegan Peruvian food seems pretty unusual. I’d imagine it’s difficult to come by even in Peru. Vegan chef extrordinaire Bryanna Clark Grogan’s father was from Peru, and she recently wrote about the Peruvian diet generally, and the efforts she’s made to veganize it.

Although she incudes only one full recipe (for a yummy-looking, but not terribly exotic quinoa salad) she points to a few other sources for authentic recipes. And most helpfully, suggests substitute ingredients – both for animal products and for veggies that are harder to come by in North America.

UPDATE: Ooh, it pays to complain! As noted in the comments, Bryanna has added her recipe for Anticuchos. Yum.

5 Comments

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   Comment by

   frank language

   on August 18, 2006 at 10:49 pm #

   This is great and kind of amazing to hear; when I think of Peruvian food, the first thing that comes to mind is cavy (guinea pig.) Oh, and churrascarias.

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   Comment by

   Poxacuatl

   on August 19, 2006 at 10:26 am #

   Wow, glad you found Bryanna’s blog! She is incredible. I have all her books. In the recipe she posted is a link to a vegan “feta cheese” which is out of this world!

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   Comment by

   bryanna

   on August 19, 2006 at 10:31 am #

   Thanks for posting this, Jason! Just wanted to say that I added a recipe for the Anticuchos (spicy kebabs). I hope you enjoy them!

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   Comment by

   Juan

   on March 16, 2009 at 2:07 am #

   I was wondering if anyone knows of a website or restaurant (preferably in New York City) that might have vegan Peruvian food. If so, please e-mail me. thank you.

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   Comment by

   Dave

   on February 4, 2011 at 11:27 am #

   Excellent article about Peruvian food for vegans