by Sujhey B | Dec 21, 2020
Here is a traditional Venezuelan recipe that I probably only make once a year, for good reasons. It is a recipe that requires time. This dish is very well known in the capital city of Venezuela. I honestly don’t remember having this dish at home much, but I did...
by Sujhey B | Sep 20, 2020 |
Mango is one of the tropical fruits that brings me back the most memories of my upbringing in Venezuela. It could be because of the tall leafy mango tree in our yard that served as a meeting hub with neighbors and friends during hot afternoons, or because mango...
by Sujhey B | Jul 31, 2020
Pisillo is a dish typical of the Venezuelan plains made with local meats, although on the coast, Pisillo is made with fish instead. The name pisillo comes from the method used to shred the meat by smashing it (pisar) with a rock. This halibut pisillo makes the perfect...
by Sujhey B | May 23, 2020
My grandmother used to have a small kiosk that she’d put up in no time during the busy summer days, and she would sell all kinds of food there; fish, clams, shrimp, arepas, empanadas, fried plantain and more. Sometimes she would send us (kids) to walk down the...
by Sujhey B | Sep 2, 2017
After three years of blogging about food, I am finally going to post about arepas. There are few reasons I had not done it before, including the fact that when I think of arepas, I don’t think “recipe.” Arepas are more than a mere meal at any...
