Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua |
What is the Chicken Bus? For international backpackers, the term, “chicken bus” is synonymous with Central America. During six months of traveling through the region, I even heard a few locals use the term. Structurally they are former yellow school buses from the...
Central America, El Salvador, Food and Drink |
Stuffed Corn-Masa Cakes El Salvador is synonymous with pupusas, the lightly-charred, corn-masa cakes filled with soft, savory ingredients. In appearance, they’re similar to the Mexican gordita, the Venezuelan arape and the Guatemalan doblado. With the exception...
Central America, El Salvador, Food and Drink |
What is Nixtamalization? I wasn’t familiar with the term until I became curious about pupusas and wondered how the corn differed from the tortillas and tamales of Mexico and Central America. It doesn’t. They’re made with masa harina corn flour or...
Central America, El Salvador, Festivals and Holidays, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America |
Carving Pumpkins and Roasting Pumpkin Seeds in Mexico As our neighbor and heavy consumer of American culture, Mexicans have incorporated a little Halloween into their Day of the Dead (Nov 1 & 2) festivities. Some kids will go trick-or-treating and wear costumes...