Arepas have been a staple in Venezuela for many centuries, and their popularity in the USA appears to be increasing on restaurant and food-truck menus. Might the tasty cornmeal cakes, though, be a ...

When David Gomez left his home in Venezuela for college, he packed an electric arepa maker to ensure he would eat well while studying at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Arepas, a beloved, ...

Oscar Marquez, owner of Mama Vicky's Pupusas y Más in Plano, flips a papusa in Texas, Sunday, July 28, 2024. A pupusa is a thick griddle cake or flatbread from El Salvador, filled with meat, beans or ...

In China, it’s rice. In France, bread of course. And in countries like Colombia and Venezuela, the arepa forms the backbone of the cuisine. NBC 5's Food Guy Steve Dolinsky has been searching for a few ...

Food Network star Franco Noriega is putting a new twist on the classic Latin American dish arepas. “I have many friends from Venezuela and Colombia, and every time I would go to their house, I was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Arepas are a sandwich-type vehicle for meat, beans, cheese, and more that are a beloved category of Latin American entree. Some people describe them as savory pancakes, but arepas ...

Arepas are served with most meals in Colombia and are popular in Venezuela, too. The classic Colombian kind are made with milled corn, while arepas de choclo, named after the Quechua word for maize, ...

There are two things to keep in mind about arepas. The first is that they’re delicious. The second is that national cuisines can have very different definitions of what, exactly, constitutes an arepa.

Strictly speaking, the arepa is not necessary to sustain life, but after visiting Colombia you might think otherwise. In their native land, these cornmeal cakes turn up everywhere, from breakfast ...