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Latin Food NYC

The Latin world is all about family, and family is all about food.

Esto no es ensaladita light
Arroz con habichuela y vianda es lo que hay”

“Arroz con Habichuela”, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (2006)

Latin Food NYC Archive

Food Festivals

French cuisine is the science of food. Italian food and Mexican food have become American food of the United States.

Toro mata y toro mata
Toro mata rumbambero y toro mata”

A very old Afro-Peruvian song covered by Caitro Soto in 1973 and by Celia Cruz with Johnny Pacheco in 1974

Latin Restaurants NYC

Latin Markets in NYC

Eataly is an Italian food lover’s delight. Le District is a French food hall (a little Le Halle) at Brookfield Place in Battery Park. Spanish Chef José Andrés has opened Mercado Little Spain in Hudson Yards. Rio Market serves the Brazilian community in Astoria, Queens.

A mí me gusta el chivo con vino
y el pesca’o con jugo de limón
Con pimienta y orégano el lechón
y el arroz con jamón y tocino
para ponerle sabor a un buen fiestón

Y después que le pongan salsa…”

El Menu, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

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PS: This is a learning project. We have made some mistakes, but with your help, we get better every year. Also we use the pronoun "we" no matter who we are writing about. Creating a "them" is the first step in dehumanization. In our world, there is no "them," there is only "us." Thank you for joining us.