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.

Celebrate Salvadoran culture with a delicious twist on traditional dishes. Chef Karla T. Vasquez created SalviSoul, a cookbook storytelling project focused on recipe documentation and cultural memory.

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 ...

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 ...