Eastern and Caribbean Coast Foodways

El Oriente

Regional

Sucre, Anzoátegui, Nueva Esparta, Monagas and the coastal strip: the richest fishery in the country, on the Caribbean and the Araya and Paria peninsulas. CAZÓN — dogfish, shredded, the filling of the empanada that defines the region. PESCADO FRITO with tostones and casabe. SANCOCHO DE PESCADO. CHIPI CHIPI, the tiny clam, in a broth reputed to cure anything. CONSOMÉ DE CHIPICHIPI. Sardine, pargo, mero, carite, and the tuna fleet at Cumaná. Salted and dried fish. COCO in the Paria kitchen. And MARGARITA in Nueva Esparta with its own pastries and the empanada de cazón as an institution. ⚠ THE FEDERAL DEPENDENCIES — Los Roques and the offshore islands — are fishing communities and are not the mainland coast.