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>> eric: yeah, i like it too, yeah. >> anthony: yeah. medical medicinal herbs with supposed magical properties, and stuff for this shaman dude to bless us and our cacao crop. [ eric speaking spanish ] >> eric: this one is amazing. it smells really good and it supposedly purify the house. yeah. >> anthony: mm, smells like hippie. >> eric: no, but its interesting. the shamans are very, very well respected in their inca culture and the region. they cure everything. they do ceremonies. >> anthony: g...

Stand up to the spices and acids. first up, an octopus and flounder ceviche. >> eric: i dont know what to tell you, man. its damn good. >> anthony: mm. oh, that is good. >> eric: is this one very spicy, or no? >> anthony: you ever been spanked in your life and enjoyed it? yeah, me neither. i dont like pain. >> eric: except -- >> anthony: except -- >> eric: if youre spanked with a pepper. >> anthony: brutalized with a pepper, i like. >> eric: oh, thats -- thats really hot. >> anthony: tiradito of...

>> anthony: im in peru with this guy, eric ripert. >> eric: the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. >> anthony: thats funny. chef of the world-famous restaurant le bernardin in new york, to look at where chocolate comes from, particularly our chocolate, the very expensive, limited-run, designer chocolate bar business that eric got me into last year. so thats why were in peru. but before we get all indiana jones, were spending some time in lima, as we like the capital city just fine. an...

The larco herrera museum in lima has a massive collection of pre-columbian artifacts. and, looking at them, you get an idea of what these ancient peoples were like, how they lived. wow. i mean, this is like the real stuff. >> eric: i think so. >> anthony: wow. >> eric: right, i mean, its the real deal, yeah. >> anthony: gold necklaces. >> eric: thats gold, yes. >> anthony: you see why the spanish just freaked out when they came here, turned into like, maniacal greed heads. but history does not...

You have, like, the indians welcome you -- >> man: right. >> eric: -- with the little, uh, pssh -- >> anthony: oh, the blow darts? >> eric: yeah. >> anthony: but before we get too deep into the mountains, were stopping off to meet our shaman. [ eric speaking spanish ] [ francisco speaking spanish ] >> eric: anthony. >> francisco: anthony. >> eric: hes going to teach us how to do the bath for the plants. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> eric: and for us. >> anthony: okay. >> francisco: okay. [ eric speakin...

Immigrants came to peru in great numbers in the 19th and 20th centuries as contract laborers and farmers. and their influence is felt here, particularly in the food, to a greater degree than anywhere else on the continent. its that influence, and the ingredients of amazonia and the andes, that really distinguishes the food here as something special. whoa, what is this, a tofu? >> eric: uh, no, queso fresco, no? >> anthony: this is a very kooky combination. i mean, is that pineapple? whered that ...

>> pedro: these are our special cocktails that we prepare here. it has a kind of lime that we find in the jungle. it has culantro. >> anthony: culantro? >> eric: culantro is like cilantro, uh, but its long leaves and its -- >> anthony: uh-huh. >> eric: -- much more powerful in flavor. >> anthony: it would be wrong to not point out that peru, along with brazil, is at the forefront of a movement celebrating the incredible and unique larder of ingredients from the andes and the amazon. flavors you ...

Tell you, man. its damn good. >> anthony: mm. oh, that is good. >> eric: is this one very spicy, or no? >> anthony: you ever been spanked in your life and enjoyed it? yeah, me neither. i dont like pain. >> eric: except -- >> anthony: except -- >> eric: if youre spanked with a pepper. >> anthony: brutalized with a pepper, i like. >> eric: oh, thats -- thats really hot. >> anthony: tiradito of flounder, dressed with pecans, lime, aji limon, and sesame oil, which, clearly, eric likes. >> eric: ah, ...

>> anthony: now, about 40% of the beans from these trees have got white cacao beans mixed in. the rest are purplish in color. but weve heard of an ultra rare group of trees elsewhere, further up the mountains, that produce pods with 100% all pure white beans. and thats something me and eric are very interested in down the road. but for now, don fortunatos daughter, johanna, has prepared us a traditional peruvian mountain meal. >> chris: wow. >> anthony: oh, whoa. >> johanna: juanes. >> eric: jua...

Peoples were like, how they lived. wow. i mean, this is like the real stuff. >> eric: i think so. >> anthony: wow. >> eric: right, i mean, its the real deal, yeah. >> anthony: gold necklaces. >> eric: thats gold, yes. >> anthony: you see why the spanish just freaked out when they came here, turned into like, maniacal greed heads. but history does not have to be boring. it can be sexy. i dont know whether you knew this, but i am an aficionado of early erotica of pre-columbian and post-columbian e...