Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after Hurricane Maria. “Teaching people how to grow food, for us, that’s a rebel act,” says Efrén David Robles, owner of ...

Culinary events like these highlight Puerto Rico's ability to deliver depth beyond a single weekend or demographic. Puerto ...

Operating as a food truck since 2021, The Bad Piggy is moving into a permanent space on Howell Avenue this winter.

The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled together under a single ...

Food scarcity is an ongoing problem for Puerto Rico. The territory imports 85% of all its food. With the recent natural disasters and the pandemic, the territory is exploring ways to have more food ...

Yari Ortiz was living in Puerto Rico but wanted to make the move to the United States. One of her best friends had moved to Colorado and suggested that she should do the same. “And I did, not even ...

Each year, the U.S. Congress allocates over $400 million for food assistance to support more than 250,000 residents of Puerto Rico who are able-bodied adults without dependents, and are between the ...

Born and raised in Connecticut, Adrian Ayala moved to Colorado three years ago for a job in the steel industry – but now he’s the owner of Mama’s Empanadas, a food truck that hit the Denver streets ...

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The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction. Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after ...

More than 500 years of complex history shines through in Puerto Rico’s cuisine — a dynamic mix of Spanish, African and Indigenous culinary traditions. Many of Puerto Rico’s most famous dishes focus on ...