The "goal is to show that El Salvador is more than just pupusas and pandillas."

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"I didn't know anything about indigenous foods here when I was younger, but started to get interested when I was in culinary school," says Herrera. "One day I asked my great-grandmother about something I saw in the market, and then all of a sudden every time I went over to visit, they were telling me more and more about things they used to eat, and what combinations they used to eat them in. So, I started putting the combinations together — but presenting them in an entirely different way."

Herrera jokes that the "goal is to show that El Salvador is more than just pupusas and pandillas."

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