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TOKYO -- On a cloudy morning in Peru's Sacred Valley, a 40-mile stretch of farmland in the foothills of the Andes, Virgilio Martinez sips coffee inside the dining room of the expansive Explora hotel. Despite the early hour and a slight headache from the elevation -- 2,700 meters above sea level -- the 44-year-old chef has no difficulty weaving philosophical musings into koan-like observations.

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