“I celebrate thanksgiving with loud salsa music in the background, everyone dressed up and my grandma’s arroz con gandules and my titi’s flan. I don’t eat turkey but the smell of it makes me miss the greasyqueroand the big baked ham my mom makes with the pineapple on the side. ...
Literally translated to "rice with sweetness," arroz con dulce is the Boricua answer torice pudding. It brings a pop of Caribbean flavor to what can often be a bland, starchy mush, adding coconut milk, cloves, canela (Mexican cinnamon), and fresh ginger to the rice as it cooks. As with...