Potato is the main food for the Andean people. It seems that the domestication of potatoes began around the LakeTiticaca by the Aymaras and other people settled there.
The potato was such an important food to The Aymaras that called it ch'uqi which means "raw food" . The simplest way to eat the potato is the qhathi.
Cooking is an activity for women (the warmi) and grandmothers. Rarely is found a married or an old man cooking.
The quinoa and other crops (specially corn) formed the basis of the Aymara diet.