 Let's go to Peru to learn how to die with the highly exported Cochinale and other amazing natural dyes. Cochinale is a very popular and beautiful color found in food, cosmetics, and clothes. Cochinale is an insect and a parasite that lives in the paths of the prickly pear cacti. Here, these Peruvian artisans located in the Sacred Valley start the dying process by first cleaning the material. Here she is hand washing what I believe to be wool. Many local animals from Peru can make beautiful fibers such as vacuna, alpaca, llama, and sheep to make a few. Then they make the yarn by hand spinning the fiber. Whatever the natural dye may be, it must be prepared at a high temperature. Here she has a beautiful deep green color being created by a leaf plant and to the left it looks like she is using Cochinale. Depending on the use of lime or alum, a.k.a. a chemical, the color could be altered as shown here the yarn turns from pink to orange. And finally we get to see all the beautiful yarns woven together to make a traditional textile commonly found in this region of Peru. And it was just such an amazing trip and such an amazing thing to be able to see these artisans doing what they've always been doing. Using things that are local, the plants, the leaves, and the wool, all of them is natural. And they make these beautiful vibrant colors just from sourcing things from the earth. So we actually had the pleasure of not doing just one but two dye workshops done through threads of Peru. And it was so incredible. They had a ceremony for us to walk into their village to watch the hand dyeing. Look at the color. Right now he put just two spoons because we don't have too much fire. And we don't have to worry about the fire. We can do it. I actually also had the pleasure of doing some dyeing myself. And again, it was just such an amazing trip and such an amazing thing to be able to see these artisans doing what they've always been doing. Using things that are local, the plants, the leaves, and the wool, all of it is natural. And they make these beautiful, vibrant colors just from sourcing things from the earth. Remember the restaurant Central? Part one of their dishes is just like this. At Central, they put the potatoes inside. They bring it to you on the plate. And these are native potatoes, organic. See the shape? Of course we're never going to complain when there's food involved. They made an incredible and beautiful lunch for us. And I gotta say, these potatoes in Mexico were so good. This experience was so special. Up next, we're headed to Iquila to celebrate my sister's 30th birthday.