Back to Recipes Tembleque – Puerto Rican Coconut Pudding Tembleque is a coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico similar to blancmange and related to Latin American manjar blancos and Filipino maja blanca. It is one of the most popular desserts in Puerto Rican cuisine.
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Bombazo is New York’s leading Bomba dance company. A 501(c)- 3 non-profit Bronx-based drum and dance organization, whose mission is to preserve, educate and showcase traditional Bomba and Afro Caribbean and traditional folkloric elements. Founded and directed by Puerto Rican Native, Bomba master dancer, and choreographer: Milteri Tucker Concepcion. At Bombazo we further combine Bomba main ingredients and fuse them with classical, contemporary, and social styles of dance, thus, creating a new movement vocabulary while still preserving the authenticity of our culture. Bombazo has had the distinction to perform at…
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Boxing Started at an Early Age Felix “Tito” Trinidad is one of the most accomplished boxers to come out of Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island that has produced its fair share of boxing legends. Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on January 10, 1973, Trinidad began his boxing career at the age of ten, following in the footsteps of his father, who had been a professional boxer. Trinidad turned professional in 1990 at the age of 17 and quickly made a name for himself by knocking out his first 15 opponents.…
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