First serve Rest easy, Colombian and Venezuelan friends. It’s clear that gorditas do not, in fact, involve thievery of ideas ...

They might point to the huge similarities between Mexico’s gorditas and the national dish of both Colombia and Venezuela, the arepa. The perfect snack, Mexican gorditas.Credit: iStock And indeed ...

Nutritional information per serving (2 gorditas): 249 calories, 12 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 32 g carbohydrates, 246 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, 3 g protein, 4 g fiber, 1 g sugar.

(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Antojitos, which translates to “little cravings,” refer to some of the dishes prepared at street food stands such as pambazos, gorditas or huaraches.

The combination of traditional Mexican food, European, and Mestizo flavors ... or meat and then fried or grilled. Gorditas are similar to Tlacoyos, but they are thicker and usually stuffed with ...