"For those of us used to seeing chicken cut into parts, wrapped in plastic, andcooling in supermarketrefrigerators, a trip to a local Peruvian market is fascinating and a bit daunting. At the biggest market, San Pedro, just up the street from the Plaza de Armas, you’ll find fruits, vegetables, alpaca charqui (the Quechua source ofour word jerky ), pig’s heads, herbs, fruit juices, weavings, and much, much more. You’ll see a fairnumber of foreignerswandering here as well, so foran experience that feels more authentic,try San Blas Market or Rosaspata, both off the tourist track."