Quechua Foodways

Indigenous

Quechua food traditions of the Andes, including potato and chuรฑo systems.

Atlas โ€” where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Quechua community documented

Languages: Cusco Quechua

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

  • influenced by Peruvian Cuisine documented
  • part of Kichwa Foodways documented

    Kichwa is the northern Quechuan branch. โš  Recorded as part of the linguistic family, not as subordinate to Peruvian or Bolivian practice.

  • related to Bolivian Cuisine documented
  • related to Ecuadorian Cuisine documented

    โš  The deepest relationship. Kichwa is the northern branch of the Quechuan family and Ecuadorโ€™s largest Indigenous nationality; maize, potato, chicha and the festival calendar come with it.

  • related to Inga, Kamรซntsรก and the Andean-Amazon Piedmont documented

    Inga is a Quechuan language spoken in the Colombian Andean-Amazon piedmont โ€” the northern edge of the family.

  • related to Pachamanca documented
  • related to Peruvian Cuisine documented

    Quechua is spoken by millions in Peru and its foodways are a root here, not a Peruvian subsection.

Dishes

Recipes

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