If you are looking for the traditional Mangú breakfast recipe (Los Tres Golpes), follow that link. This is not that. However, if you follow a keto, LCHF or ketogenic diet, or are simply interested in lowering your carb intake, then yes, you've found the right place. This is ...
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Homemade Tomato Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes
This recipe for homemade tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes is one of our most popular in our "homemade" series. ...
Bollitos de Yuca (Cheese-Stuffed Fried Cassava Balls)
These fried yuca balls are one of those no-frills snacks that we love with a passion and prepare with ingredients that can be found anywhere in our country, even the most remote campo. ...
A Mother's Day Gift Guide - Fun and Funny Things
Full disclosure: Mother's Day in the Dominican Republic is the last Sunday of May. Having said that, the Dominican diaspora also celebrates it on the local date. And celebrate we do: Mother's Day is one of those can't-miss celebrations for Dominicans. This year we hired a ...
Pulled Chicken with Tomato Sauce Filling
Whether you're looking for new fillings for your pastelones, pasteles en hoja, or wondering how to make chicken empanada filling, in our blog you'll be spoiled for choice. ...
How to Make Aceite de Bija (Achiote Oil)
Bija is one of my favorite ingredients and I've used it in several recipes. It's the best way to add color to a dish without altering its taste. Bija is one of our signature spices; it's inexpensive and widely available in the Dominican Republic, as well as being a very ancient ...
Dominican Vs. Mexican Food
Following our series comparing other Latin American and Caribbean cuisines with ours, we now tackle one of Latin America's most complex, rich, and better-known cuisines. What are the differences between Dominican and Mexican food? ...
Creamy Chicken - Filling for Casseroles and Party Foods
If you are looking for a great filling for your pastelones (casseroles), or to stuff into your favorite empanada dough, you've come to the right place. This creamy chicken breasts dish is mild enough that it won't compete with the other ingredients in some of our more ...
Gluten-Free, No Sugar Chocolate Cake
Months ago (or was it years? you know, in the "before" times) I shared these pictures on Instagram, and I got lots of "pretty, but where's the recipe?" comments. Then "the thing" happened, and I never got around to actually publish the recipe.Please accept my apologies along with ...
New Cookbook Fresh Out of the Press!
Yo Cocino Latino is out now! This is a collaboration with some of my favorite Hispanic food bloggers, in which we've shared some of the most popular recipes from our respective countries in a beautiful book I am very proud of. There's no better way to bring our traditional ...
Easier, Quicker Air Fryer Chicharrones
Chicharrones are our national guilty pleasure, and not a thing that we make at home or consume often. Personally, the main reason I avoid it, is that I hate frying and the mess that comes with it. With an air fryer, you can make a quicker, easier chicharrón without the mess.And ...
Aplatanado: Becoming Dominican
Years ago my friend and then-roommate and I were regulars at Santo Domingo's Chinatown, an uptown section of Santo Domingo that Chinese immigrants (recent and older) have made their home. It's a vibrant community full of inexpensive restaurants and shops. A few of the "locals" ...
Traditional Dominican Drink Recipes - Complete Guide
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Roasted Eggplant Vegan Sandwich
One thing most vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters agree on, is that eggplants are an amazing vegetable. It's so versatile, and there's so much we can do with it. This vegan grilled eggplant sandwich may be a thing you can serve at the table, and few people will thumb their nose ...
Chinola Cheesecake Popsicles
If you haven't tried our Chinola Cheesecake recipe, you absolutely should, as soon as the weather is fit for baking. In the meantime, do yourself a favor and go for the much easier, quicker, and summer-friendly cheesecake pops version. ...
Yaroa Mixta (Dominican Loaded Fries)
Sometimes we're lucky to be alive to witness the birth of history (culinary history specifically). Yaroa is a newcomer to the street food scene in the Dominican Republic. This is a dish that checks every box in the "best street foods" checklist. ...
5 Spices and Honey Chicken and Potato Roast
Few non-vegans/non-vegetarians shun chicken, so this dish is perfect for most people, and it's also very summer-friendly. It takes a few minutes to prepare, leave it in the oven and you can then go keep yourself cool to prevent death from spontaneous combustion. ...
A Simple Guide for Complicated Times
Life is anything but simple these days. The only thing we can do right now is to try to live every day the best we can, and trust that this --like everything that humanity has gone through-- too shall pass. ...
Dominican Lent Food and Traditions
A few months ago we wrote a very detailed guide to Dominican Christmas customs (and an ebook), as Christmas is a time of the year that is associated with certain foods and drinks in the Dominican Republic. The same can be said about Lent, another important period for Catholics, ...
Oven and Air Fryer Tostones
Here I go again! Yes, I love our traditional food but I love trying to adapt our recipes to our readers' needs almost as much. And this is a recipe I keep getting asked for. Why air fryer tostones? I guess I could ask you guys who keep writing to me about it :) , but I'm ...
Cuban Vs Dominican Cooking
It’s not the first time we’ve touched on this, but it never ceases to fascinate us how two neighboring countries with a shared language and very similar gastronomic traditions require a glossary, or the services of an interpreter when discussing something as simple as food. ...
Cabbage and Minced Meat One-Pot Dinner
Not every meal has to be a feast; sometimes we just need something quick, filling, comforting, nutritious, and easy to make. What I have here is precisely one of these dishes. I have shamelessly stolen borrowed this dish from my mother-in-law, whom I have praised many times in ...
Dominican Christmas and Holiday Traditions
When temperatures start to fall and the sun begins to set a bit earlier, corner fruit stands and roadside fruit vendors in the central square or parque of towns and cities in the Dominican Republic start displaying their seasonal decorations: apples, mandarines, pears, and grapes ...