Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

Sofrito is the a cooking technique that ties much of Latin America together. Plus, it's vegan and heart-healthy. Here's everything you need to know. “It’s the one technique that really identifies the ...

Families pass on their treasured recipes for it. Bright, young chefs are finding new ways to use it. And not a bean, soup or stew dish is started without it. Sofrito, the aromatic preparation of fresh ...

There are few memories from my childhood more comforting to me than those created in my abuela's kitchen. As a little girl, I spent countless mornings watching our maternal Puerto Rican matriarch ...

Reina Gascón-López was in the throes of a culinary career at Peninsula Grill in downtown Charleston when the COVID-19 pandemic left her without a job. This moment, which came just one year after she ...

The Spanish Caribbean region's cuisine demonstrates how different and seemingly disparate cultures can contribute to a natural form of culinary fusion. Puerto Rican cuisine, in particular, can be ...

Back in 1994, Manuel Perez opened Playa Cafe, 1330 S. Chavez Drive, specializing in the Puerto Rican foods he knew and loved. Back in San Juan, his mother ran a bakery, and he learned both his work ...

Although 5.5 million people in the United States count Puerto Rico as their ancestral home, the island's cuisine is rarely seen in cookbooks or on food television. Food columnist Illyanna Maisonet ...