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arepa

[ uh-rey-puh; Spanish ah-re-pah ]

noun

  1. a Columbian or Venezuelan cornmeal cake, sometimes stuffed with savory fillings.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of arepa1

First recorded in 1920–25; from Carib arepa, erepa “corn, cornmeal, cornmeal cake”
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As he served the delivery workers near the Chick-fil-A recently, a worker from the fast-food chain poked his head out of the door, and yelled, asking what kind of arepas he had.

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Other New Yorkers have opened their kitchens so migrant women could make arepas to sell.

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I am Venezuelan, so my interest in arepas — or rather — my love for arepas, started in childhood.

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A double unit with kitchen items, including an arepa maker.

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“As adults, we can last all day even with just an arepa, but with those kids, how do you tell a child there’s no food?”

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