Home city/region: Lima, Peru
Home nowadays: Palo Alto, CA
Day job: Student
Years in the US: 4 years
Favorite dish: gilled octopus and olives
Daily taste testers: Maria's roommates and her boyfriend Javier's roommates
Favorite market: Mi pueblo in East Palo Alto
Favorite kitchen tool: Lime squeezer!
Maria may be young, but her passion for food and cooking have filled many of her years making her a master chef. Maria's excitement for food has helped her to explore and get a real understanding of many cultures, but her favorite cuisine is still her home cuisine, Peruvian food! Come learn how to make everything Maria grew-up eating and cooking in Lima. Being Peruvian Maria has an affinity to seafood and knows the freshest ways to prepare everything that comes from the sea.
