Warm, freshly made pupusas are filling but not heavy.Pulling into the parking lot of a mini-mall to a restaurant with a green cartoon parrot for a mascot may sound like a recipe for greasy fast food.

Back in their home country, Salvadorans eat pupusas for breakfast much like Americans wolf down pancakes, but with one basic difference: Their cakes tend to be savory, not sweet. This version, from ...

Back in their home country, Salvadorans eat pupusas for breakfast much like Americans wolf down pancakes, but with one basic difference: Their cakes tend to be savory, not sweet. This version is ...

In a Miss Universe-style pageant of national dishes, the pupusa would be a regional unknown. Lacking the high gloss of French patisserie or the austere elegance of Japanese sushi, it would slowly ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Araceli “Shelly” Lagunes is the woman behind the pupusas at Shelly’s Comida Latina on Staples Mill Road in Henrico, Virginia. On Wednesday’s, Shelly offers a special that ...

Inside San Francisco’s La Cocina Municipal MarketpIace, a new multicultural food hall in the Tenderloin, chef Estrella Gonzalez and her Estrellita’s Snacks staff are hand-filling pupusas to order with ...

Pupusas are the unsung heroes of Latin cuisine. Their crisped exteriors may not entice like a taco filled with pork, pineapple, and cilantro, but this humble exterior belies a rich and meaty filling ...

Pupusas are El Salvador’s answer to casual, cheap, easy eating. Handmade with masa or nixtamal, they’re stuffed with your choice of filling, maybe cheese, chicharrón (shredded or ground pork), bean, ...