Recipe: Sazón
Sazón is a traditional Latinx dry spice mix known for its red color. This seasoning can we used or added to nearly everything: beans, rice, stews, meat, and vegetables. Sazón is typically used to give “Spanish” rice its common yellow/orange/red color from the use of achiote. This Homemade recipe is easy, naturally vegan (because duh), and the best goya replacement
Poem: A Study in Priorities
Are you too / certain that / underneath the gelatinous muck is / a mass?
Mixed-Race Mutt: Growing up a Jewish Puerto Rican in New York City
Puffing out his chest with pride my older cousin meticulously ties the corners of the flag around his neck. “Boricua Man!” he shouts to the crammed subway passengers, his breath cloaked with the bitter smell of Bacardi. “Yo soy Boricua Man!” he bellows triumphantly, throwing his arms over his head and pretending to fly around the laughing commuters. My cousin isn’t the only one who is drunk on the early eight o’clock train for the parade. Old Puerto Rican men with leathered skin clutch open beers in their hands as they pin fold-up chairs in between their large stomachs and arms.
Recipe: Vegan Vanilla Coconut Yogurt
Why does it always feel insanely expensive to eat vegan? My husband and I recently fell in love with a vegan coconut yogurt brand and their insanely delicious Vanilla Chamomile flavor. But at nearly $10 a container and with no job, I was finding it more and more difficult to justice the frivolous expense.
Recipe: Sofrito
Iconic in most Puerto Rican kitchens, sofrito is the seasoning mix of fresh ingredients that acts as a delicious base for a multitude of dishes—beans, stews, meat, rice, ANYTHING.