La bandera dominicana means the Dominican flag, but it also refers to a typical meal of beans and rice, meat, often chuletas (fried pork chops); salad; and medallions of unripe, green plantains known

Ethnicity and ethnic food in America predate Columbus but became more prominent as diverse European powers colonized what became the United States, often drawing on minorities and subject peoples to f

The Caribbean influence on American food has been continual for hundreds of years, initially in coastal areas of similar climate, from Texas to the Carolinas. The early Spanish involvement in the Cari