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The Surprising Culinary History of a Humble Puerto Rican Favorite
Aida Lugo McAllister still remembers the first time she tried Puerto Rico’s unofficial national dish. “When I went to Puerto Rico, 1970, at age 17, that’s when I had my first mofongo. And it was heaven,” she remembers. “A mountain of this mashed plantain with pieces of pork in a sauce. Delicious.” Mofongo is the first food people bring up when they talk about the island, says Lugo McAllister, a…
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