The sight of freshly cooked pupusas warms my soul. I’m the child of Salvadoran parents, so pupusas were served for every occasion. Breakfast, lunch, dinner—they’re an all-day kind of food. Mexicans ...

Welcome back to Dining On A Dime a bi-weekly feature in which Lizbeth Scordo surveys LA's cheap eats—often obscure, ethnic, unsung restaurants—proving that dining on a dime is alive, well, and quite ...

If any dish can play the part of humble immigrant food, it’s the pupusa, the savory masa cake from El Salvador that practically feeds the nation morning, noon and night. When unadorned and arranged on ...

It's spring, time to plant basil in the yard or to eat it where you wouldn't expect to find it — at a Salvadoran pupuseria. Fresh basil and mozzarella pupusas are a specialty of Sarita's Pupuseria in ...

Empanadas seem to reign supreme among Latin American pastry, but if you’re sleeping on Salvadoran pupusas, let this serve as your wakeup call. Skip the Avianca flight to San Salvador, and get your fix ...

“It’s just better at the Salvadorean Bakery.” That’s what my friend (a pupusa connoisseur) says every time she samples a pupusa made anywhere else. While my pupusa exposure is a tad more limited, I’d ...

"It's like Mexican food. This here, it's like a quesadilla," the waitress said in a thick Spanish accent, explaining exactly what a pupusa is. "But I want Salvadoran food," I said with a wink. She ...

This video is no longer available. An El Salvadoran staple is being celebrated this Sunday on National Pupusa Day — and a D.C. restaurant owner who’s planning to serve up thousands of pupusas in the ...

Explore Atlanta's underground food scene. Punk Foodie tracks down this week's best pupusas, pizza, burgers and more.

From the South Shore to Huntington Station and the East End, every neighborhood seems to have a Latino deli or a homestyle restaurant serving pupusas, the irresistible corn masa cakes. Stuffed with ...