I think we should get a slogan, and if we do I have just the perfect one: Keeping spouses happy since 2001! Some of our favorite comments and emails from our readers tell us how proud they were to surprise their spouse with some delicious Dominican food. It’s not only wives, but husbands, too. It
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Welcome to my latest obsession: ripe plantains and finger food. Of all my obsessions this is probably the least insane one. I am sure you agree. Please say you do. The greatest thing about cooking is that it satisfies my mad scientist tendencies without having to harness the power of lightning or going through the
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It is said, not completely groundlessly, that New York City is the second biggest Dominican city. When it comes to our sites, we have more readers in New York than in any other city in the world. Watching Hurricane Irene head for New York filled us with the same sense of dread as the news
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When one of our forum regulars asked us about this recipe, which I had never heard of before, I was convinced it was a joke, with a name that roughly translates as “bad rage”, it had to be, right? Lesson learned: never underestimate Dominican’s creativity when it comes to naming our food something bizarre. And
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There can’t be in the Dominican cuisine any other dish that combines so well simplicity of preparation, popularity and exotic flavor. This popular dish is popular in Cuba and Puerto Rico too, where they are known as maduros. This is served as a side dish to lunch or dinner, another way in which we Dominicans
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Do you remember the saying “we’re all unique”? You need to know other cultures to understand and appreciate your own. This is a lesson that has taken me years to learn, and by learning about other countries’ foods I have understood ours better, and what makes it unique, even if ultimately it is something that
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Aunt Clara’s Dominican Cookbook concedes that mofongo, a dish with a special place in the hearts and stomachs of Dominicans, actually originates in the neighboring island of Puerto Rico. Not surprisingly, I know some Dominicans who would take serious issue with that claim. Mofongo is the flagship dish in many typical Dominican restaurants like Adrian
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Apart from politicians, in this country there is nothing that is more maligned than the green plantain. It’s accused, no less, of being partly responsible for our island’s rampant underdevelopment. It is said to block the brain and stop intelligence from flowing, according to some; while others say overindulgence leads to a dazed stupor. And
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Food is not just nourishment. There’s also an emotional relationship between people and food. And the food we grew up with, no matter how unusual to the rest of the world, always comforts us and brings us memories of happy times long gone. I grew up with this dish. Like we have mentioned before, most
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Pasteles en hoja are made with many ingredients that, although common in the Dominican Republic, might be hard to come across in your own country. Plan this recipe ahead to give yourself time to hunt down all the necessary ingredients it will be worth it. If you find it impossible to get the banana tree
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I have read with a smile on my face the many stories told by our readers that have found our sites useful when introducing their foreign spouses to Dominican food or that want to learn about Dominican cooking to the delight of their Dominican spouses. I must confess now that our website has helped me
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Dominicans are spontaneous and happy people who do not need much of an excuse to party. Where there are two or more Dominicans, a party may break out at any moment; some occasions, however, call for more lavish and elaborate celebrations. A baptism is an occasion for family and close friends to meet and celebrate
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“El platano embrutece”. I recently heard this saying for the first time, but apparently it’s common amongst Dominicans. It means that eating plantains is associated with intellectual inferiority. The popular extension of this myth is that children who eat corn flakes are more intelligent than those who eat mangú. Could this be true? What lies
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Aunt Clara's Kitchen is a collection of traditional Dominican recipes, recipes inspired by Dominican flavors, as well as the chronicles of the Aunties' adventures in the kitchen and outside.
