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"Eating Well newsletter, April 2007. A nice finish to a summer meal or a delicious breakfast! You can use pineapples, grapefruit, papaya, or even melon slices."

Ingredients: limes, mangoes, orange juice...

"The Puerto Rican style jibarito (pronounced hee-bah-ree-to) sandwich was created at the Borinquen Restaurant in Chicago by owner Juan "Peter" Figueroa. Here's my take on making his famous jibarito at home. The plantain "bread slices" for this sandwich are most easily made if you have a large deep fryer, but it can also be..."

Ingredients: cumin, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"This is a wonderful marinade. I loved it. This is good for up to 1 or 2 lbs of meat but I always make more. I like to have extra just incase."

Ingredients: fresh ginger, garlic, rum...

"A tasty marinade to use on meats, chicken, tempeh, and fish!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried thyme...

"My Husband and I had a Piña Colada at the place of its origin in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - Barrachina Restaurant. This is actually the exact recipe that I got from the restaurant for the original Pina Colada. It is recommended that you use Bacardi rum as it is from Puerto Rico as well (we visited the distilllery that same day). I did not include..."

Ingredients: pineapple chunks, pineapple juice...

"sopa de platanos verdes
posted for ZWT#3 from Caribbean Cooking."

Ingredients: green plantains, parmesan cheese...

"The key to this salsa is that all ingredients are grilled. They don't need to necessarily be grilled on a BBQ grill. In the winter months, if I want some Caribbean flavor, I use my George Foreman or similar countertop grill. The fruit and veggies caramelize beautifully!
Serve this on salmon or porkchops. You can also mix it with some BBQ sauce..."

Ingredients: fresh cilantro, jalapeno peppers...

"A Puerto Rican punch adapted from The Spice Cookbook and credited to Berta Cabanillas and Carmen Ginorio. The original called for 1 cup of lemon juice and "all the rinds." One lemon should produce about 3-4 tablespoons of juice."

Ingredients: lager beer, grapefruit juice...

"Good with steaks, or as a side with a sandwich."

Ingredients: kiwi fruits, mangoes, radishes...

"Recipe by Cyrus Keyhari from "A Denim & Cocktail Guru's Mexican Fiesta" F&W Magazine, 01/2008 edition. A fantastic dessert drink, this creamy cocktail is named after the late timbale-banging band leader Tito Puente, who popularized Latin music around the world. Cyrus Keyhari uses aged Dominican rum to give depth to what he calls..."

Ingredients: dark rum, fresh orange juice...

"This drink is a common Puerto Rico refreshment. It is a bit tart and sweet at the same time. Excellent for a hot summer day."

Ingredients: dried tamarind, sugar, water...

"From a Puerto Rican recipe book. This is the real deal. Careful, it will sneak up on you! Eating the fruit from the bottom of the glass is the BEST!"

Ingredients: dark rum, dry red wine...