Diasporican - A Puerto Rican Cookbook

Author(s): Illyanna Maisonet; Michael W. Twitty (Foreword by)

Food & Wine

Over 90 delicious, deeply personal recipes that tell the story of Puerto Rico's Stateside diaspora from the United States' first Puerto Rican food columnist, award-winning writer Illyanna Maisonet.   Illyanna Maisonet spent years documenting her family's Puerto Rican recipes and preserving the island's disappearing foodways through rigorous, often bilingual research. In Diasporican, she shares over 90 recipes, some of which were passed down from her grandmother and mother--classics such as Tostones, Pernil, and Arroz con Gandules, as well as Pinchos with BBQ Guava Sauce, Rabbit Fricassee with Chayote, and Flan de Queso.   In this visual record of Puerto Rican food, ingredients, and techniques, Illyanna traces the island's flavor traditions to the Taino, Spanish, African, and even United States' cultures that created it. These dishes, shaped by geography, immigration, and colonization, reflect the ingenuity and diversity of their people. Filled with travel and food photography, Diasporican reveals how food connects us to family, history, conflict, and migration.

General Information

  • : 9781984859761
  • : Ten Speed Press
  • : Ten Speed Press
  • : 0.56699
  • : September 2022
  • : {"length"=>["10"], "width"=>["8"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Illyanna Maisonet; Michael W. Twitty (Foreword by)
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 641.597295
  • : 256

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