Originally from the city of Arequipa in southern Peru, Arias moved to Lima to work at Astrid & Gastón and to learn about wine before moving to San Francisco.
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Not long after the Miami episode of Netflix’s hit show “’Street Food: USA” dropped, its Emmy-nominated director Mariano Carranza received an Instagram message. It was from Gastón Acurio, Peru’s preeminent chef-restaurateur of Astrid & Gastón fame, but Carranza thought it was a prank. It turned out to be the man himself. His request: “Could Carranza …