The best Latin dish you’ve never heard of

Sunday, Oct. 4, is Baton Rouge’s next chance to savor a delight not widely known outside the Latino community, a beloved Salvadoran dish called a pupusa that’s become a favorite and signature offering of the annual Festival Latino. The pupusa is essentially a stuffed tortilla, and the fillings for these generous rounds of moist masa harina dough are limitless. But purists will likely call for one of only a few ingredients: beans, roasted pork or a soft, fresh cheese that’s not unlike mozzarella. The little squash known as mirliton in the American South sometimes finds itself among the select group of stuffings. To read more about this tasty pocket of flavor, read the full story in this month’s 225 by clicking here. And for more information on the Festival Latino this weekend, visit their site at festivallatinobatonrouge.com.