). So perhaps he does fall more into the craft side. But he still creates, and what he creates, when it’s good enough, complex enough, special and unique enough, ought to be considered art. I hear the issue about the arepa...

. There was a honey producer who had several varieties of local honeys including orange blossom, wildflower and palmetto. Grabbed some Colombian baked goods – a nice arepa con carne, and a cheesy bread thing – then...

arepa for next to nothing. cubano sandwiches at cafe tropical in silverlake (fresh juices and overbrewed strong coffee), *portos in glendale (great baked goods, awesome potato balls, coffee and cheap) floral bakery in atwater...

for my Jamaican food as it is (though I love the place and the owner lady is really nice to me.) I’ll try the pizza, but I’m sort of a di Fara worshipper and I don’t even eat other Brooklyn pizza than di Fara....

Obviously, “Banchan” wouldn’t be a place for you or me to hang out in...but it would be a success, and we could use the proceeds to fly Maria back from Korea and set her up in style, and set up the Arepa lady...

. I have to check out Uvavara, a lot of people are saying good things about it. Yes, I tried that Parisien Cafe-why they call it Parisien when it is Columbian, I do not know . The food was terrible!!!! I love empanadas and arepas...

Hi, I’m gonna make this brief...Kerry & Faren, let there be no mistake, I’m not a snooty Sloper...I do not expect Kensington to gentrify soon...we have a sweet life owning a house with a DRIVEWAY and a Lady Kenmore...

Arepas, bandeja Paisa, sancocho, pan de bono, and a constant desire to go to selected other countries to eat.

low $ arepas... I’ll keep my eye on this thread, I hope I get some more good ideas.

're not going to be hugely impressed with anything Tapas like, since SF has a ton of it.... and might want to think about old family style Spanish food in the way of Paella instead. Maybe Arepas or Cubanos sandwiches would be...

the street to Mr. Pollo and bought one sweet cheese arepa. Excellent as usual; it makes a nice dessert after a taco. We weren’t in there for very long, so I didn’t get a chance to see what new Ecuadoran and/or Colombian...

Arepas, sancocho, smoked lung, aguardiente, tamales in banana leaves...

maybe some honey butter or herbed butter Dessert Lady Baltimore cake clementines espresso

In no order - sweet potato pie from It’s All Good Bakery Oakland - white sapote from Berkeley Bowl - atole from Guatamalan tamale lady in front of La Colmena market in Oakland - mango aqua fresca from Oro de Agua truck in...

's 50 Best as well as the intricacies of a Chowhound arepa debate. The world would be an enormously poorer place without either resource and it’s silly to feel that liking one precludes you from appreciating the other. Also,...