It all started with salpicón. Nine years ago, Karla Tatiana Vasquez wanted to make the seasoned minced meat dish with radish and fresh mint that’s a staple in El Salvador. She called her grandmother, ...

Tacoma's food scene gets a major boost from Balcon Express, a cozy spot on 6th Avenue where Salvadoran flavors take center ...

The SalviSoul Cookbook celebrates and preserves important dishes from Salvadoran cuisine, such as platanos fritos con frijoles licuados (fried plantains with pureed beans). Nearly one in every four ...

The significance is not lost on Vasquez, a fiercely devoted Angeleno who like many others came to the United States from El Salvador as an infant with her family fleeing the Salvadoran civil war. In ...

Unfortunately, there are certain cuisines that don't have the same cultural cache, if you will, that others — like Italian, Thai, Chinese and Mexican — have developed in the United States. One of ...

On a brisk, June morning in Silverlake, food writerKarla Vasquezstands in front of a shady backyard table, speaking to an audience of nine. She’s hosting her third Salvadoran cooking workshop. This ...

I’d been curious about trying Eliana’s Authentic Salvadoran Cuisine ever the since the first time I drove by the place on 24th Street just north of McDowell. I love Mexican food and assumed that the ...

The Central American population in San Diego has been rather small with the Salvadoran population being roughly 8,887, but it still finds its way to give back to the community through its cuisine, and ...

Many restaurants in Los Angeles compete to have the most unique takes on classic recipes by adding unexpected ingredients. At La Usuluteca, located in the Mid City neighborhood, their approach to ...

Yesenia Ramirez is the organizer of downtown Phoenix’s annual Arizona Pupusas Festival, which is taking place Sunday, Nov. 9.

The cooks at Mama Tita take pains to point out the many ways their cooking is not Mexican. Otherwise, why would a diner choose this basic Mexicantown storefront from among the dozens of others in the ...

Sad as it was to see one of Denver’s only Puerto Rican restaurants, El Coqui D’Aqui, close up shop at 2236 South Colorado Boulevard, there’s at least consolation in what took its place. Pupusas Lover ...