Publisher's Letter, Jun. 13, 1955

Dear TIME-Reader:

RIO Correspondent Piero Saporiti flew over the Andes for a first, fresh-eyed view of Peru, its economy and policies (see Progress to Prosperity in HEMISPHERE). While in Lima, Saporiti tried a dish called ceviche, which is popular in many Latin American countries. When he asked for the recipe, the cook said, "All you do is take a corvina [a black-finned fish] and leave it in lemon juice for three hours." Saporiti asked: "What next?

" Said the cook: "Next, seƱor, you eat it."

"And so," our correspondent reports, "I learned that for the first time in my life I had eaten...

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