EPISODE · Oct 27, 2023 · 12 MIN
What's4Dinner, Dining Traveler?
from What's 4 Dinner, Nina? · host Nina
Travel & food journalist Jessica van Dop DeJesus, known as The Dining Traveler, has traveled to over 60 countries, yet her favorite of them all remains Puerto Rico. Jessica highlighted her love for la isla through her book, The Dining Traveler Guide to Puerto Rico. Listen in to hear about her favorite Puerto Rican dish, food memories, and what she's having 4 dinner. Translations: pasteles - similar to the Mexican tamales, meat filled by either green plantain, green banana, or taro and wrapped with banana leaves pastelon - similar to lasagna, except layers are separated by fried sweet plantain morcilla - blood sausage sofrito - a blended mixture of cilantro, onions, garlic, recao (plant), peppers, culantro, olive oil used to flavor dishes coquito - PuertoRican eggnog arroz con gandules - rice with pigeon peas
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Travel & food journalist Jessica van Dop DeJesus, known as The Dining Traveler, has traveled to over 60 countries, yet her favorite of them all remains Puerto Rico. Jessica highlighted her love for la isla through her book, The Dining Traveler Guide to Puerto Rico. Listen in to hear about her favorite Puerto Rican dish, food memories, and what she's having 4 dinner. Translations: pasteles - similar to the Mexican tamales, meat filled by either green plantain, green banana, or taro and wrapped with banana leaves pastelon - similar to lasagna, except layers are separated by fried sweet plantain morcilla - blood sausage sofrito - a blended mixture of cilantro, onions, garlic, recao (plant), peppers, culantro, olive oil used to flavor dishes coquito - PuertoRican eggnog arroz con gandules - rice with pigeon peas
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