Arepas and Gravy

Once again, proof that the rest of the country sees the South as just one big blob of redneck.
Recently, due to the wonders of PaperBackSwap.com, I was able to procure a book that’s been on my reading list for a long while. Academy X: A Novel by Andrew Trees is a fictional tell-all about a [...]

Here in the South, we have biscuits. In Venezuela, they have arepas.
Basically, arepas are a breakfast food made out of corn. They are native to northern South America, and not just Venezuela, but they seem to be inextricably tied up with the Venezuelan national character so much so that if you called one an Arepa [...]