the cuisine of huaraz is considered to be one of the most recognized in the peruvian andes. among the most popular dishes are picante de cuy (a roasted guinea pig in a sauce of red spices, served with boiled potatoes), llunca de gallina (a chicken soup prepared with boiled wheat and yellow spices), charqui de chancho and res (roasted pork and beef salted and dried), pachamanca (a dish prepared on the ground with hot stones, made of different kind of meats as beef, chicken, pork with baked corn and potatoes), pataska (a hot soup, made with boiled corn and pork or beef skin), ceviche and chocho (raw fish marinated in lemon juice served with chocho, a typical legume), the jamón huaracino (salty and dried ham). there are some desserts like api de calabaza (sweet cream made of mashed pumpkin) and beverages, such as chicha de jora (sour yellow corn).