The cook in society

An artist performs a performance in protest against the political crisis in Peru, on November 15.Rodrigo Abd / AP

The cuisine, the cooks, the restaurants and the associations that group them in Peru have been part of the history of citizenship and resistance that the country has just experienced.

They have participated in the marches, exercised as activists, committing themselves to the recovery of democracy, and have spoken with clear and direct public statements, without the circumlocution to which we are accustomed.

A part of the old guard of haute cuisine joined the young professionals who occupied the streets during the five days of this spring in Lima.

There were those who got involved from ...

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