Dominican bites Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/dominican-bites/ Recipes and culture Thu, 23 May 2019 18:32:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.biteslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-logo_479162_print2_1_615x512-32x32.png Dominican bites Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/dominican-bites/ 32 32 47065050 Pondering death, spirit and the wrath of God https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/ https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:03:11 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=1783 Happy New Year everyone! Mine is off to a shaky start. After spending quality time with family and enjoying the mountains and beaches of my Caribbean homeland, I’m back to the cold reality of winters in the heartland… pondering death and new beginnings. A close family member died unexpectedly the day I came back. My […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/pondering-death-spirit-and-the-wrath-of-god/feed/ 4 1783 Bachata en Fukuoka https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-en-fukuoka/ https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-en-fukuoka/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:33:42 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=1019 Juan Luis Guerra‘s Bachata en Fukuoka, 2010 Tropical Song of the Year – from 2010 Latin Grammy’s Album of the Year “A Son de Guerra”. This beautiful bachata song was written by Guerra in Japan, during a visit to the town of Fukuoka. The video portraits a love story that survived absence and time… and […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-en-fukuoka/feed/ 0 1019 Braised chicken recipe (pollo guisado) https://www.biteslife.com/braised-chicken-recipe-pollo-guisado/ https://www.biteslife.com/braised-chicken-recipe-pollo-guisado/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:55:49 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=786 Dark poultry meat is specially tasty when braised. For this braised chicken recipe, I’m going to use all drumsticks (because I like them so much!) but you can use any part of the chicken. See easy print recipe at the end of the post!

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/braised-chicken-recipe-pollo-guisado/feed/ 4 786 Moro de guandules (pigeon pea rice) https://www.biteslife.com/moro-de-guandules-pigeon-pea-rice-1/ https://www.biteslife.com/moro-de-guandules-pigeon-pea-rice-1/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:03:08 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=490 This moro de guandules (pigeon pea rice) recipe is for the traditional stove top Dominican moro. I also have a rice-cooker version of this recipe. Easy print recipe below. Definition of moro in Dominican cooking: any combination of rice and legumes cooked in the same dish. Popular types of moro are black bean moro, pigeon […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/moro-de-guandules-pigeon-pea-rice-1/feed/ 7 490 Living with less: is your lifestyle recession-proof? https://www.biteslife.com/living-with-less/ https://www.biteslife.com/living-with-less/#respond Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:03:19 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/what-does-it-mean-to-live-in-a-depression/ For about a year now, I’ve been hearing about the likelihood of a big economic slow-down, a recession or even a depression; first from a family member and for the past six months, from the news. The economic shit hit the fan last month, when several major and seemingly stable financial institutions either failed, were […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/living-with-less/feed/ 0 408 Easter-time Dominican recipes https://www.biteslife.com/easter-time-dominican-recipes/ https://www.biteslife.com/easter-time-dominican-recipes/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:00:08 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=293 While Americans hunt for eggs filled with candy at Easter, Dominicans are scouting their neighborhood for whomever is making their favorite Easter-time dessert, all Lenten season.  Habichuelas con dulce is one of two very popular Easter-time Dominican recipes that use beans or corn, and a combination of evaporated and condensed milk, sweet potatoes and sugar. […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/easter-time-dominican-recipes/feed/ 1 293 Long live merengue! https://www.biteslife.com/long-live-merengue/ https://www.biteslife.com/long-live-merengue/#respond Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:38:59 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/?p=288 Merengue has long been the signature rythm of the Dominican Republic. Remarkable how three tiny islands in the Caribbean (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Cuba) have been able to deliver so many of the most popular Latin rythms: salsa, merengue, bachata, reigetton, among others.  But of all the Dominican rythms, merengue is the most recognized as […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/long-live-merengue/feed/ 0 288 Bachata china con flow https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-china-con-flow/ https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-china-con-flow/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:17:14 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/bachata-china-con-flow/ E’to se acabo! Video Bachata China con Flow. Si el video debajo no funciona, aquí está el enlace original.  

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/bachata-china-con-flow/feed/ 4 264 El Niágara en bicicleta https://www.biteslife.com/el-niagara-en-bicicleta-lyrics/ https://www.biteslife.com/el-niagara-en-bicicleta-lyrics/#respond Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:39:41 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/207/ Nothing more poetic than social commentary to the cadence of Merengue. This song titled “Crossing Niagara on a Bike” is a metaphor to the state of public health care in the Dominican Republic and the scarcity of the most basic instruments in public hospitals. Although the song was written in the late 90’s, not much […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/el-niagara-en-bicicleta-lyrics/feed/ 0 207 Rant: the cleaning lady https://www.biteslife.com/rant-the-cleaning-lady/ https://www.biteslife.com/rant-the-cleaning-lady/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:06:35 +0000 http://tuttysan.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/rant-the-cleaning-lady/ Words repeated ad nauseam in this post: perfect stranger, cleaning lady, god forbid. It’s not just that I’m fundamentally against a perfect stranger going through my most personal things, but also that I resent the colonialist aspect of paying someone to clean my house. That said, those of us with office jobs have better things […]

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