latino cuisine from around the world

Mexican food is popular because it's full of flavor. Mexican dishes include healthy and fresh ingredients like avocados, beans, chiles, tomatoes and other vegetables, and different types of meat like beef, chicken, pork, and fish even rabbit, lamb, among others used in tacos, tamales or soups. 

No matter where you are in the country, you can count on finding a Mexican restaurant in your city. In 2011, ABC News reported that the country is home to 38,000 Mexican restaurants.

According to the Pew Research Center, there are 57 million Hispanics in the United States, and two-thirds of those people are of Mexican heritage. When Mexicans first immigrated to the United States many years ago, they brought their food traditions with them. With many Mexican immigrants arriving in the United States over the years, it makes sense that Mexican food would become an important part of American cuisine. Mexican food traditions began to catch on among all cultural groups in America and continue to be popular today. In fact, according to one Statistics survey, more than 233 million Americans use Mexican food and ingredients in their cooking.

• Día de Reyes (Epiphany/Three Kings Day) 
• Día de la Constitución (Constitution Day) 
• .Día de la Bandera (Flag Day) 
• Natalicio de Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez's birthday) 
• Semana Santa (Holy Week) 
• Cinco de Mayo
• Batalla de Puebla:
• Día de la Independencia (Independence Day)

Dominican food, like that of other cultural dishes, is truly made with soul. Its variation meals with blends of herbs and crops with fried cheeses, meats, onions, tomatoes, and sazón, or sauce, topped with leftover stew sitting at the bottom of the pan is not only what makes the Dominican foods so unique.

Traditional Dominican dishes range from delicacies, desserts and regular meals. Some of these foods include tostones (fried plantains), mangú (plantain mash), and sancocho (caribbean meat and vegetables stew). And yet, what really brings all of these foods together is its common use of the beloved and cherished food staple that can be found in most, if not all Dominican households — plantains, or platanos. 

Plantains are used in most Dominican dishes because they can be cooked in various ways, which is similar to how potatoes are known for being multifaceted. Plantains can be fried, boiled, mashed, or left to ripen and be fried to cook the sweet island delicacy of maduros. Whether it's used as a side, a main dish or something to throw in whatever meal you’re cooking up, Dominicans have made plantains their go-to vegetable. 

When you go to the Dominican Republic, especially in places within the Campo area (countryside), it’s often that the foods we often go out to buy ourselves at a local restaurant are so easily made within their own households. Dominican food is flavorful, tasty and a constant reminder of the influences of other cultures as told by the textures, herbs, and sauces so intentionally applied into each dish. 

• Our Lady of Altagracia (Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia)
• Duarte Day (Día de Duarte)
• Independence Day (Día de la Independencia)
• Day of Restoration (Día de la Restauración)
• Our Lady of Las Mercedes (Nuestra Señora de Las Mercedes)
• Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución)

Flavorful, salty, meaty, crunchy cuisine that leaves you wanting more...

Although Puerto Rican cooking is often compared to Spanish, Cuban and Mexican cuisine, it is a unique tasty blend of Spanish, African, Taíno, and American influences, using such indigenous seasonings and ingredients as coriander, papaya, cacao, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee.

 Many Puerto Rican dishes start with sofrito, a thick, herbed and peppery vegetable sauce used as the base for a variety of recipes, from soups to chicken and rice.  ome of the favorites are mofongo, tostones, pasteles, arroz con gandules, tembleque, and coquito.

Heaping portions of crispy, garlicky, fried plantains; slow-roasted, succulent pork; and savory rice and beans chased with a cold beer or fruity rum cocktail is like heaven on earth!

• Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day or Epiphany) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos (Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos)
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Marín (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín) 
• Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Emancipation Day) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José de Diego (Birthday of José de Diego) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Rivera (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Rivera) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José Celso Barbosa (Birthday of José Celso Barbosa) 
• Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico (Discovery of Puerto Rico Day Observed) 

Costa Rica should be high on the list of any traveler who enjoys a good meal.

 Hemmed in by the Caribbean and the Pacific and boasting the highest density of biodiversity of any country, Costa Rica certainly has the raw ingredients to work with. A Costa Rican meal might not be the fanciest dining experience you’ve ever had, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be one of the best!

Traditional Costa Rican food demonstrates many influences, including those of Afro-Caribbean cultures and of the indigenous Central America people, including the Chorotega. Additionally, many Costa Rican culinary traditions descend from the Spanish. This vibrant mix of edible heritages makes for an interesting and well-developed national palate.

Beef and pork are the most common meats, but chicken is also standard, and the fish is excellent, especially on the coasts. A typical Costa Rican meal consists of rice and beans (mixed together for breakfast but separate for lunch) accompanied by a protein, avocado and some fruit for desert. Mealtime is always a simple and sweet experience!

• Palmares Fiestas
• Los Diablitos Games
• Santa Cruz Fiestas
• Alajuelita Fiestas
• Juan Santamaria Day
• San Jose Day
• San Isidro Labor Day:
• Puntarenas Carnaval
• Virgin of the Sea Fiestas
• Virgin of Los Angeles Day
• Virgin of Pilar Day
• Dia de los Inocentes
• La Yeguita Fiesta: 
• Saints Peter and Paul Day:

Flavorful, salty, meaty, crunchy cuisine that leaves you wanting more...

Although Puerto Rican cooking is often compared to Spanish, Cuban and Mexican cuisine, it is a unique tasty blend of Spanish, African, Taíno, and American influences, using such indigenous seasonings and ingredients as coriander, papaya, cacao, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee.

 Many Puerto Rican dishes start with sofrito, a thick, herbed and peppery vegetable sauce used as the base for a variety of recipes, from soups to chicken and rice.  ome of the favorites are mofongo, tostones, pasteles, arroz con gandules, tembleque, and coquito.

Heaping portions of crispy, garlicky, fried plantains; slow-roasted, succulent pork; and savory rice and beans chased with a cold beer or fruity rum cocktail is like heaven on earth!

• Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day or Epiphany) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos (Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos)
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Marín (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín) 
• Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Emancipation Day) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José de Diego (Birthday of José de Diego) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Rivera (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Rivera) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José Celso Barbosa (Birthday of José Celso Barbosa) 
• Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico (Discovery of Puerto Rico Day Observed) 

Flavorful, salty, meaty, crunchy cuisine that leaves you wanting more...

Although Puerto Rican cooking is often compared to Spanish, Cuban and Mexican cuisine, it is a unique tasty blend of Spanish, African, Taíno, and American influences, using such indigenous seasonings and ingredients as coriander, papaya, cacao, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee.

 Many Puerto Rican dishes start with sofrito, a thick, herbed and peppery vegetable sauce used as the base for a variety of recipes, from soups to chicken and rice.  ome of the favorites are mofongo, tostones, pasteles, arroz con gandules, tembleque, and coquito.

Heaping portions of crispy, garlicky, fried plantains; slow-roasted, succulent pork; and savory rice and beans chased with a cold beer or fruity rum cocktail is like heaven on earth!

• Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day or Epiphany) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos (Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos)
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Marín (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín) 
• Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Emancipation Day) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José de Diego (Birthday of José de Diego) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Rivera (Birthday of Luis Muñoz Rivera) 
• Conmemoración del Natalicio de José Celso Barbosa (Birthday of José Celso Barbosa) 
• Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico (Discovery of Puerto Rico Day Observed)