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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. it's 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? where'd that come from that's not traditional. >> eric: i mean, he looks asian to me. >> anthony: right. >> eri...

>> 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 it's long leaves and it's -- >> 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 find no place else on earth. there seems to be a lot of interest in the last decade in the amazon ...

Tell you, man. it's 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 don't like pain. >> eric: except -- >> anthony: except -- >> eric: if you're spanked with a pepper. >> anthony: brutalized with a pepper, i like. >> eric: oh, that's -- that's really hot. >> anthony: tiradito of flounder, dressed with pecans, lime, aji limon, and sesame oil, which, clearly, eric likes. >> eric: ah, this is totally going to le bernardin. >> anthony: oh, really? >> eric: yeah. >> anthony: yeah,...

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

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, it's the real deal, yeah. >> anthony: gold necklaces. >> eric: that's 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 don't know whether you knew this, but i am an aficionado of early erotica of pre-columbian and post-columbian eras, you know, like pottery of people doing it? >> eric: yeah, i should have known that. >> antho...