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Arroz Del Sol Dominicano

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon. of salt
• 1/2 can of sweet corn
• 1 grated carrot (whole)
• 2 tablespoon. of corn oil
• 1/2 cup of chicken consomme (bullion/stock)
• 1 tablespoon. of cold butter
• 1-1/2 Cups of rice (washed with water)

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Mangú is a Dominican traditional side dish served for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In Cuba, and parts of Africa it is known as fufu.

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Mangú

Ingredients:

• 4 unripe plantains
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 2 large onions
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar
• 1 cup of cold water
• salt

Before Starting to Cook:
Peel the plantains and cut into 8 pieces.

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Today’s Times features a story on the past, present and future of Puerto Rican baseball, and the politics behind their recent decline.

Check out a excerpt from the story below…

…In 2009, only 3.5 percent of position players in Major League Baseball came from Puerto Rico, a 24-year low. Meanwhile, the percentage of Cuban and Venezuelan position players has nearly doubled in the last decade.

An average of 27 Puerto Ricans a year were drafted and signed during the past decade, down from 35 a year during the 1990s. Ten times as many amateurs were signed from the Dominican Republic.

Major League Baseball has tried to boost the popularity of the sport through the World Baseball Classic and by playing regular-season games in Puerto Rico, including this week’s series between the Mets and the Florida Marlins.

Yet the games will do only so much….

Check out the full article here: Puerto Rico’s Baseball Pipeline Runs Low - NYTimes.com.

The folks over at Friends We Love sit with Dominican-American film director Albert Xavier to talk life, art and film. Check out the video below…

Film director Albert Xavier recounts how his artistic background prepared him for filmmaking and the development of his latest release, Hermafrodita, which is the first Dominican film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Check out their full feature here.

Per a friend’s recommendation….check out the details below…

Pollo Guisado (Dominican Chicken Stew)

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs of chicken cut into small pieces
• 2 lemons cut into halves
• 2 green bell peppers
• 1/2 cup of chopped celery
• 1 small red onion chopped into fine strips or rings
• 4 plum tomatoes cut into quarters
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 1/4 cup of seedless olives cut into halves(optional)
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon of mashed garlic
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• A pinch of oregano
• Salt
• Coriander leaves

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Good seems to have focused their lens on the Caribbean lately. After their feature on Kingston, JA, comes this spotlight on Cabarete, DR with a selection from Youngna Park’s “Off Season Sugar Cane Workers“.

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Google the phrase “Cabarete, Dominican Republic” and you’ll find links for “windsurfing,” “kiteboarding,” and an “eco-sensitive beach front boutique hotel.” Venture beyond Cabarete’s resorts and you’ll find a real city with real people, most of whom will never have the means to enjoy those luxuries. Dominicans and Haitian-Dominicans live in separate communities in and around the area’s sugar plantations, where they find work as cane cutters. Tensions exist between the groups—over housing, labor, and a number of other social problems that accompany economic hardship—and the area can be a object lesson in wealth disparity.

“One takeaway was just how relative everyone’s situation is,” says the photographer Youngna Park, whose visions of off-season sugar cane workers offer a glimpse of everyday plantation life. “What often attracts image making is tragedy, like we saw with Haiti. I was here to witness these people’s normal lives, and the living conditions still seem jarring, so it was certainly an education in relative wealth.”

Check out the full feature here: GOOD.is - Picture Show: Off Season Sugar Cane Workers.

Via Asho comes info on an event sure to be one to remember. Three legends, three stories, one night; check out the info below….

This gathering of artists from across the Latin American diaspora represents some of the best the genre has to offer.

These artists embody the independent spirit, thriving in their respective countries and in sister cities across the United States. The leaders of this rap genre bring their own brand of swagga to the Studio stage for the first time. International beats brought to you by DJ Laylo and Sucio Smash will make this a rare night at the Studio at Webster Hall not to be missed!

HHTF & ASHO PRODUCTIONS presents:

Tres leyendas, Tres historias:
La Re-Evolución del Hip Hop Latino

Wednesday April 7th

The Studio @ Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003

Doors @ 8pm
Show @ 9pm Sharp!

With

Siete Nueve (Puerto Rico)
El Meswy (Spain)
Bocafloja (México)

Hosted by Calle Cardona from
La Conekta

Music by DJ Laylo & Sucio Smash

Special Guests:
Eli Efi (Brasil)
Mikki Flow (Cuba)
Delaceiba (Honduras)
Division X (DR)
Reph Star & Patty Dukes (DR/PR)

For more info and to purchase tickets, click here.

Tonight at 6pm, the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture will be hosting the Half and Half Panel discussion on exploring Dominican and Haitian identities. The discussion sounds like it will be pretty interesting and it will bring up some fiery topics that exist between the two nationalities. Race, economics, politics and colonial legacy will all be on the agenda. It’s a free event so if you can make it out.

Directions, and other details can be found below.

I’m honestly posting this recipe for me…I’ve always wondered how this one was put together….Check out the details below…

Flan

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1 (14 ounces) can condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounces) can evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ounce cream cheese

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I gave you a preview earlier this week, now here’s Jose’s entire set from his recent trip to DR. Check out the slideshow below….

…or view the full set on Flickr: Carnaval Vegano 2010 (Set).

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