What's Cooking in Peru

Many of the stories I write these days -- say, the ones about inflation-linked peso bonds, or Argentine unemployment statistics -- aren't exactly meant for a broad audience. But from time to time Bloomberg does let us break out of our financial news shell and write about the wider world. A story I did in January on coca leaf cuisine was recently posted on a blog focused on Peruvian food and the epicurean talents of Chef Gaston Acurio, who's coca-based pisco sour may make it to U.S. restaurants. Check out the link in the title above to read more.

And if you're wondering about the photos, Dana shot them in Bolivia while on a coca erradication trip sponsored by the Bolivian military and the U.S. embassy. The helicopter she flew in is down below.

On a totally different subject, with multi-billion dollar offers put up this week for financial news companies Reuters and Dow Jones, I'm sure the Mayor of New York has been distracted by all the attention on his company's main competitors. Fortune recently took a look at Bloomberg and his "money machine" in an article you can access here.