Researcher Sarah Oakes writes about her interdisciplinary, participatory research investigating sociocultural potato ...

From potatoes to quinoa, many of our favourite foods are at risk from threats like climate change and disease. The "seed guardians" of Peru's Potato Park are hoping to change that.

The baked potato is popular in North America and can be found everywhere from fast food joints to upscale restaurants. But its origins are somewhere far away.

When causa moved from homes into restaurants, chefs upgraded the presentation using ring molds to assemble vertical towers of potatoes, a kitschy look that peaked in the 1990s.

In the Peruvian Andes, Manuel Choqque Bravo has cultivated hundreds of hybrid varieties of tuber, including what he calls ‘super potatoes’. By Catherine Tansey July 26, 2024 ...

PUNO, Peru — At a market along frigid Lake Titicaca, the vendor caught a visitor eyeing her display of chuno, black and white potatoes as hard as charcoal briquettes.