The Floating island Cookbook

Totora Rafts

These artificial islands float in Lake Titicaca, a body of water high in the Andes Mountains between Peru and Bolivia in South America. Living on the islands are a native people called Uros. These days, most Uros live on the mainland. But those who remain on the lake host a parade of tourists who are eager to glimpse their unusual lifestyle. Makes about four dozen islands. Small islands can hold a few families; larger islands may hold a school.

Phumdis

Loktak Lake, a large body of water in northeastern India, is chock full of drifting islands called . These spongy rafts carry local fishermen and their