Venezuelan Cuisine

Where in the world

• Venezuela territory

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

• related to Amazonian Foodways documented

  Amazonas and the Orinoco belong to a basin-wide cassava-and-river food system.

• related to Brazilian Cuisine documented

  The Amazon border, shared Yanomami and Ye’kwana territory, and farinha/mañoco as one technology.

• related to Caribbean documented

  The whole northern coast, the islands, coconut, cazón and the fried-fish kitchen belong to a Caribbean food world.

• related to Colombian Cuisine documented

  ⚠ The closest relationship Venezuela has. The arepa, the hallaca/hayaca, the Llanos, the Wayuu and the Táchira-Norte de Santander border are shared; the canonical dishes are kept separate.

Recorded as relating to this foodway

• related to Colombian Arepa Foodways disputed

  ⚠ The arepa argument. Recorded as a shared pre-national Indigenous maize tradition with separate and real national developments. No origin is assigned.

• related to Colombian Cuisine documented

  ⚠ The closest relationship Colombia has. The arepa, the hallaca/hayaca, the Llanos, the Wayuu, the Guajira and the Táchira-Norte de Santander border are shared. ⚠ Shared does not mean identical, and the canonical dishes are kept separate.

• related to Colombian Llanos Foodways documented

  One Llanero culture across the border, with two national kitchens. Mamona and ternera a la llanera on one side, carne en vara on the other.

• related to Ecuadorian Migration and Diaspora documented

  Large Venezuelan arrival since 2015 has changed the street food of Quito and Guayaquil.

• related to Guyanese Foodways documented

  A long border, shared Warao, Kari’ña, Akawaio and Pemón peoples, and substantial Guyanese migration into Venezuela.

• related to Migration and Colombian Food documented

  The largest migration in the hemisphere since 2015 has put Venezuelan street food across Colombia.

• related to Sikuani and Orinoco Indigenous Foodways documented

  The Sikuani, Piapoco and Curripaco live on both banks of the Orinoco.

• related to Trinidad and Tobago Foodways documented

  Eleven kilometres apart. The 1783 Cedula, parang, Venezuelan migration and a shared coast.

• related to Wayuu Foodways documented

  ⚠ One Wayuu nation across the Colombia-Venezuela border. The geographic relationships are kept distinct; the people are not divided.

Regional cuisines

Dishes

Recipes

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