Tag Archives: Puerto Rico
Tracking down Granitos from Humacao, Puerto Rico
If there is one thing we love, it is solving (or attempting to solve, as the case may be) enigmatic food mysteries from around the world. Among the most elusive foods we have learned about recently is the granito, a … Continue reading
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Puerto Rico: Pan de Mallorca
A quintessential Puerto Rican pastry, Pan de Mallorca is rich, eggy and sweet, not unlike a brioche. It is typically served as a breakfast or snack, and comes with a dusting of powdered sugar. The snack has almost iconic status … Continue reading
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Eating Puerto Rico: Snack time!
We ate our fair share of heavy, starchy meals in Puerto Rico, but the island has a lot to offer in the way of between-meal snacks. On thing the eaters were really excited for in Puerto Rico was the famous … Continue reading
Eating Puerto Rico: Fusion Food
Puerto Rico isn’t only into local cuisine. The Caribbean in general has a long history of cultural interchange, so the Eaters weren’t really surprised at some of the interesting Puerto Rican-fusion cuisine we found while wandering about the island. Here … Continue reading
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Eating Puerto Rico: Beachside Cuisine
Soleil Rte. 187, Km 4.5, Piñones, Puerto Rico The Eaters took a daytrip from San Juan to Loiza, a predominantly Afrodescendant town east of San Juan, known for its colorful mask makers. We got a recommendation from the locals to … Continue reading
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Eating Puerto Rico: Mofongo with the locals
Mofongo is one of the national dishes of Puerto Rico, usually prepared as a sizable cake of smashed savory plantains, mixed with garlic. The dish has West African origins, but today is known as a quintessentially Caribbean meal. So, when … Continue reading
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