Sandoval is a third-generation pupusa-maker. She learned the craft from her mother and grandmother, who shaped her philosophy for ingredient sourcing and imparted their knowledge on how to process ...

I asked Buena Fe co-owner Jose Barrientos why Salvadorian pupusas are a little different from those I’ve tried at Honduran spots in Detroit. At Buena Fe, they’re noticeably lighter, I told him. He ...

When I eat at Elsy’s, I always sit facing the windows. It’s not so that I can see outside — no offense to the lovely view of Mission Street — but so I can see the little corner just inside the window ...

Everywhere you look in the area east and north of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue, there is an Ethiopian restaurant or business. Within one of those shops, a pupusa maker offers a golden alternative ...

From left: LatinA Flavor Café owners Melba Velázquez, Odila Colato and Karen Colato with Karen and Odila’s mother and expert pupusa maker Gloria Chávez at the café’s kitchen. The new Latine ...

Ping Eng and her daughter Sarah walked slowly through the crowd, each holding a tiny plate with a corn tortilla filled with cheese, beans and pork. “I am excited about this,” Eng said as she took a ...