Kawsiaitika means "Flower of Life" in the ancient Andean language of Quechua. This also happens to be the name of a vegetarian café in Calca Perú, partially owned and operated by Roberto Arroyo. A crypto currency expert, trained vegan chef, and all around Zenful guy, Crypto Roberto shares his best kept secrets about the Sacred Valley of Perú. Listen and read the show notes at thenomadtheory.simplecast.fm Thanks for listening to THE NOMAD THEORY, Stay wild folks, A.C.E. the Theorist
Kawsiaitika means "Flower of Life" in the ancient Andean language of Quechua. This also happens to be the name of a vegetarian café in Calca Perú, partially owned and operated by Roberto Arroyo.
A crypto currency expert, trained vegan chef, and all around Zenful guy, Crypto Roberto shares his best kept secrets about the Sacred Valley of Perú.
This is one of my favorite episodes of all time.
The belly of the Sacred Valley has grown fuller since the last time I was here in 2017. Fuller, but not fatter. Just like your belly if you stop by the Kawsaitika Café in Calca, Perú.
In 2017 I had the delicious privelage of assisting Vegan Chef and generally awesome human Roberto Arroyo in the kitchen as he "guest cheffed" at the restaurant I was working at in Pisaq. "Back in the Saq!"
On the day of our interview I enjoyed a creative twist ona typical Peruvian dish called Lomo Saltado, where instead of using Lomo (beef flank) Roberto substituted local mushrooms. I could barely tell the difference.
Except, in how I felt afterwards. Normally I eat after interviews, but as you can probably tell from my voice, Roberto's funky fungi twist on the dish had me bursting with excitement.
Listen in to hear why Roberto thinks the vegetables can help connect us all like nodes on a computer network, and how anyone can step into a happier lifestyle -- one meal at a time.
Thanks for listening to THE NOMAD THEORY, stay wild folks.
A.C.E. the Theorist
Quotes:
"Most of the food we produce goes straight to the animals. -- the soy, the corn. If we were to switch to a vegetarian diet as a planet, we would reduce a lot of that environmental destruction."
Cowspiracy: Documentary about the meat industry.
"We underestimate the network effect. If we just focus on one person, then two people, those people can then share something with two other people. If we look at it this way, we're kind of like nodes in a hub. Every network has hubs from where they share data. 1 person can tell 10 people instantly. If we look at it that way, we can have more impact that we think."
"Protein is in everything. It's even in lettuce."