Alcapurrias, pasteles, empanadillas, and other Puerto Rican food staples are the secret to José “DJ Funky Joe” Vallenilla mission: “fool carnivores” with a plant-based menu. The radio host turned ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 12 days of Christmas continue for many Central Florida Puerto Rican families as they cook traditional meals from their island. There are two famous meals many Puerto Ricans say can ...

Puerto Rican pasteles, like the excellent ones served at the Freakin Rican in Queens, are “a project, not a quick fix,” Oswald Rivera writes in his 2002 cookbook, Nuyorican and Bodega Recipes.

The COVID-19 pandemic robbed them of their jobs. A traditional Puerto Rican holiday staple put them back in business. Five enterprising women have turned a holiday labor of love — the time-honored and ...

You didn’t hear this from me. Not far from the geographic center of our island home, tucked inside an unremarkable strip center where you’d never think to look, there is a woman — perhaps the only ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Sometime during the beginning of November in ...

Despite our best efforts, the lasting impacts of COVID-19 have made it increasingly difficult to continue,” the restaurant ...

Pasteles and pernil are how I define Puerto Rican Christmas. And although pork is a fixture on the Puerto Rican table, it is just not Christmas without pernil. When I was growing up, we’d celebrate at ...