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. Pernil is the roast of my childhood. It’s ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A few years ago, while living among the Denver diaspora in Chicago, I learned the basics of this recipe from a man in the Pilsen neighborhood there. It is a ...

My memories of Puerto Rico, a place I visited often as a young child, come back to me in flashes: The grassy, breezy farm my great-grandmother lived on, chickens clucking all around. Bumpy rides down ...

In a mortar smash all garlic cloves and 1 Tbs of salt. Add lemon juice and oregano and 2 cups of Mojo criollo mix and blend. Make slits in your pork shoulder and sprinkle about 3 table spoons of the ...

In fall 1985, with Thanksgiving looming, my mother prepared for her 20 guests as if Jesus and his disciples were coming over. She bought dishware, glassware, linens, gold-plated cutlery and even a ...

And other vegetarian and vegan centerpieces that will impress all of your guests. By Tanya Sichynsky Growing up, when I would visit my Abueti, she would often greet me with a little sheet pan of ...

I haven't been on a plane or even so much as left the San Francisco Bay Area in I don't know how long. Safe to say, I'm looooong overdue for a much-needed vacation. But until then, traveling through ...

In fall 1985, with Thanksgiving looming, my mother prepared for her 20 guests as if Jesus and his disciples were coming over. She bought dishware, glassware, linens, gold-plated cutlery and even a ...