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    A hand picking up a glass of cookies and cream coquito with a cookie crumb rim, with crushed cookies on a plate, and ingredient cans behind it.
    Overhead view of pistachio tembleque with a slice on a black plate, surrounded by coconut and pistachios on a terrazzo surface.
    Close-up view of arroz mamposteao in a clay bowl, showing rice, beans, and olives with a garnish of fresh herbs.
    Overhead view of shrimp and scallop stew served with white rice, black beans, fried plantains, and avocado.
    Closeup of flaky fried chillo fish on a fork with rice and tostones in background
    Whole Puerto Rican fried red snapper on tomato sauce with lemon slices, rice, and fried plantains on the side
    Large pot of Puerto Rican-style mussels and clams in sofrito broth, surrounded by bread and small plates.
    Plates of biftec encebollado, served with steak and onions, alongside avocado and yuca.
    Steamed Puerto Rican paella is being covered with wilted banana leaves, peaking through bits of chicken, sausage, and rice.
    Plated Puerto Rican chicken paella with green pigeon peas, sausage, and plantains, served with sliced avocado and garnished with fresh cilantro.
    Spoon lifting arroz con gandules with rice, pigeon peas, olives, and pork from a pot.
    Close-up of Seafood Pomodoro pasta with linguine, topped with culantro gremolata and shredded Parmesan in a white bowl.
    A slice of Spanish tortilla (Tortilla Española) made with eggs and sliced potatoes is served on a blue-patterned plate alongside crispy bacon. The entire tortilla is visible in the background, garnished with chopped parsley. Toast with soft orange butter, extra bacon, and a basket of sliced bread are also seen on the table.
    An individual serving of ceviche with a plantain toston stuck on the back sits behind a bowl of lemons and limes and a larger bowl of ceviche.
    Two bowls with bacalao a la vizcaina served with funche.
    Table served with two bowls of funche and bacalao a la vizcaina. Large pot with bacalao stew at top right corner.
    Red Dutch oven filled with chicken in a stew-like broth with vegetables and rice. Serving bowls are placed near the pot.
    A hand holding a bowl full of carne guisada.
    Pilon, or wooden mortar full of mofongo with half a garlic head and crispy bacon sorrouding the mortar.
    Two bowls filled with caldo santo and tostones served with them.
    Two rock glassed filled with pistachio coquito and decorated with cinnamon sugar on the rims. A Puerto Rican Christmas decorated bottle sits behind them along with a bottle of regular coquito and a bottle of rum.
    Three semi stacked polvorones at the foreground, with a plate full of polvorones behind it and the cookie sheet with remaining polvorones in the background.
    Woman holding a wooden spoon and smiling in a kitchen with hanging utensils and a vase of flowers on the counter.

    Hola! I'm Zoe. I love all things food and enjoy cooking. I created this site to reconnect with my Puerto Rican heritage while living in the United States. This is a great place to reconnect if you are floating in the diaspora. I would love to hear from you!

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    Puerto Rican Christmas

    • Arroz con gandules covered with banana leaves, served alongside carne frita on a holiday table.
      Arroz Con Gandules Recipe (Puerto Rican Rice and Pigeon Peas)
    • Collage of traditional Puerto Rican Christmas dishes including pernil, arroz con gandules, coquito, tembleque, arroz con dulce, and guineitos en escabeche, with a banner that reads “15 Essential Puerto Rican Christmas Recipes.”
      15 Puerto Rican Christmas Essentials (And a Few Delicious Extras)
    • Two glasses of cookies-and-cream coquito with crushed-cookie rims, surrounded by Oreo cookies and coquito ingredients, blurred in the background.
      Bacardi Gold Cookies and Cream Coquito
    • Top view of a molded pistachio tembleque garnished with shredded coconut and chopped pistachios on a white plate.
      Pistachio Tembleque
    • Overhead view of Puerto Rican ropa vieja (shredded beef stew) with white rice, stewed beans, and tomato slices, on a plate.
      Ropa Vieja (Shredded Beef Recipe)
    • Close-up of a forkful of arroz mamposteao, Puerto Rican rice and beans, held above a bowl on a blue patterned cloth.
      Mamposteao, a Puerto Rican Leftover Rice Comfort Food
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    • A plate of polvorones cookies with three semi-stacked cookies on top of the table resting in front of the plate.
      Puerto Rican Polvorones (Shortbread Cookies)
    • A blue and white dessert plate with a slice of bread pudding and caramel sauce on top of it.
      Budín de Pan (Puerto Rican Bread Pudding)
    • Close-up of a roasted chicken thigh served with guineos en escabeche, cherry tomatoes, and a side of macaroni salad partially visible.
      Puerto Rican Pollo Asado, Oven-Roasted Chicken
    • Close-up of shrimp and scallop stew over white rice, black beans, and fried sweet plantain, with a side of avocado and extra stew in the background.
      Quick Shrimp and Scallop Stew
    • A fork full of Pernil with a large serving bowl, avocados, dinner rolls, and small serving bowls with meat on the background.
      Instant Pot Puerto Rican Pernil (Pork Roast)
    • A hand holding a white bowl of funche topped with a dab of butter.
      Funche, Puerto Rican Grits

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