If you visit Colombia or Venezuela, chances are much greater than zero that you end up with an arepa in your mouth at some point. The corn flour bread is a daily staple in those countries, and for ...

Griddle cakes are elemental. Like porridge and roasted meat, they’re ancient preparations, seemingly slapped together at the fireside for as long as humans have gathered around that fire to eat. But ...

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, ...

After cooking English-muffin sized arepas on the grill, Montenegro split one, spooned on Brazilian stewed pork, avocado crema and mango salsa, and topped it with the other grilled half. A Latin ...

With the shelter-in-place order, we’re restricted to only virtual trips to our favorite places. Cut to South America. Arepas — flat, round cornmeal patties that can be grilled, baked or fried — are a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jessica got a first-hand lesson on how to ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Chicago Gourmet’s Go Gourmet Virtual Series ...

A snap to make, these tender, sweet corn arepas de choclo from the food stylist Mariana Velásquez make an excellent summer meal. By Melissa Clark In Colombia, where the food stylist Mariana Velásquez ...