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Is it Time to Change the Narrative Around Cuy?

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Is it Time to Change the Narrative Around Cuy?

Andean guinea pig isn’t an exotic ingredient, but a protein for the future.

Nicholas Gill
Mar 7
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Is it Time to Change the Narrative Around Cuy?

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Cuy Acevichado at Refugio de Santiago in Lunahuaná, Peru. Photo: Nocholas Gill.

A week or so ago I went to a restaurant inside an out of the way ecolodge in Lunahuaná called Refugio de Santiago, set in the Andean foothills a few hours south of Lima. I ordered one of two cuy, or guinea pig, dishes that was on the menu called “cuy acevichado al aroma de aj…

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