This event takes place at CSI Spadina, 192 Spadina Ave., Suite 501
It’s Arepa Party time! aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival is thrilled to bring you this delicious and authentic Venezuelan experience!
Mexico has its tacos, and Central America loves its pupusas, but in Venezuela and Colombia, it is all about the arepa. An arepa is a pre-Columbian dish originating in the northern part of South America more than 3000 years ago: a thick patty of cooked masa (nixtamalized cornmeal) griddled or fried until crispy on the outside but still soft and moist in the centre. What’s great about arepas is that they are fast, cheap, easy to make, gluten-free and can be stuffed or topped with just about anything.
Although modern Colombians and Venezuelans eat arepas daily, they enjoy them somewhat differently; Colombians like them thinner and a bit sweeter, commonly made with only cheese or egg, whereas in Venezuela arepas are split open and piled high with a huge range of different fillings. In this workshop, we celebrate the Venezuelan arepa and two of its classic fillings: Pabellon and Reina Pepiada.
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Arepas
You’ll learn the whole process of preparing arepa dough from dried masarepa (a.k.a areparina or arepa flour), salt, and water, through shaping and cooking them on a hot griddle.
Veggie Pabellon
We will make a vegetarian version of the classic arepa pabellón, which has platano maduro (sweet plantain), cheese, and caraotas (black beans).
Reina Pepiada
Reina Pepiada means ‘the Queen of Happiness’, and you’ll understand why after your first bite of these delicious arepas stuffed with a creamy chicken and avocado salad.
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$59 +HST
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Get ready for the 24th edition of the aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival, which will run from Wednesday, October 16th, to Saturday, October 19th, 2024! Join us as we celebrate the rich tapestry of Latin American cinema and culture through a unique blend of film screenings, panels, culinary experiences, food-making workshops, and thought-provoking discussions. @alucineto
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Luis Manuel Cordoba is a Venezuelan Chef from Maturin City who opened his first restaurant in 2001 in Mérida, a culinary hub in Venezuela. Later, he joined forces with his brother, also a chef, to establish a corporate catering company before moving to Toronto with his family in 2010. He quickly found himself working as the chef of Arepa Café, Toronto’s premier purveyor of authentic Venezuelan arepas. In 2015, they launched The Arepa Republic, an award-winning food truck that serves delicious Venezuelan dishes at events across the GTA. @theareparepublic
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The Depanneur is a place where Interesting Food Things Happen. For more than a decade The Dep has been showcasing Toronto’s remarkable culinary diversity through thousands of unique food events as well as the forthcoming Depanneur Cookbook, featuring 100 recipes from 100 cooks. After more than 10 years at its iconic College Street location, The Dep is now bringing all new Interesting Food Things to exciting venues all across the GTA. @TheDepanneur
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