{"id":382,"date":"2011-04-30T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timcurran.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2011-04-30T18:30:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T22:30:34","slug":"ode-to-a-mozzarepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/30\/ode-to-a-mozzarepa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to a Mozzarepa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-384\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timcurran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMAGE_088-e1304201743418.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-384 \" title=\"Mozzarepa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timcurran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMAGE_088-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Mozzarepa\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Mozzarepa in the wild<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In my previous entry explaining my love affair with <a title=\"I Love NYC Street Fairs\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.timcurran.com\/?p=222\">New York City street fairs<\/a>, I somehow forgot to mention the <a title=\"The Big Apple: Mozzarepa (Mozzarella + Arepa)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barrypopik.com\/index.php\/new_york_city\/entry\/mozzarepa_mozzarella_arepa\/\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/078432a2f99a79b1752113f6951b0669\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:42:09+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\">Mozzarepa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This distinctly New York innovation (someone please correct me if I&#8217;m wrong) is basically a variation on the popular Latin American staple, the arepa. It&#8217;s a round slice of pizza-type melty mozzarella cheese between two sweet cornmeal pancakes. A salty-sweet treat that can&#8217;t be beat.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen them anywhere but New York street fairs, and they&#8217;re yet another reason I look forward to my near-weekly excursion.<\/p>\n<p>Several street vendors do knock-offs, but they&#8217;re often left on the griddle until they singe, or the cheese is the flavorless kind you get in cheap pizzas, or the sweet cornmeal isn&#8217;t sweet at all. In my opinion, the <a title=\"Mozzarepas Express\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mozzarepas.com\" data-versionurl=\"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/amber\/cache\/cf9b2273f238d313e1017df3dfb2d8c7\/\" data-versiondate=\"2026-01-09T16:43:27+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\">original<\/a> is the best. And according to the manufacturer&#8217;s website, you can now order a case of 12 online for 27 bucks. I&#8217;d be tempted if&#8217;n I didn&#8217;t live right in the heart of Mozzarepaville already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my previous entry explaining my love affair with New York City street fairs, I somehow forgot to mention the Mozzarepa. This distinctly New York innovation (someone please correct me if I&#8217;m wrong) is basically a variation on the popular Latin American staple, the arepa. It&#8217;s a round slice of pizza-type melty mozzarella cheese between two sweet cornmeal pancakes. A salty-sweet treat that can&#8217;t be beat. I&#8217;ve never seen them anywhere but New York street fairs, and they&#8217;re yet another reason I look forward to my near-weekly excursion. Several street vendors do knock-offs, but they&#8217;re often left on the griddle until they singe, or the cheese is the flavorless kind you get in cheap pizzas, or the sweet cornmeal isn&#8217;t sweet at all. In my opinion, the original is the best. And according to the manufacturer&#8217;s website, you can now order a case of 12 online for 27 bucks. I&#8217;d be tempted if&#8217;n I didn&#8217;t live right in the heart of Mozzarepaville already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[52,38],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recreation","tag-food","tag-street-fairs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tim Curran","author_link":"https:\/\/timcurran.com\/blog\/author\/timcurran-admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In my previous entry explaining my love affair with New York City street fairs, I somehow forgot to mention the Mozzarepa. 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