Pernil is one of many tasty Puerto Rican foods that you have to try at least once. However, since it's considered Puerto Rico's national dish, it's good enough that you may want to move it closer to ...

Pernil, prime rib roast and lemon butter salmon with dill anchor generous (but completely doable) holiday dinner menus.

I killed it last Christmas, the first time I set out to make a proper pernil - the smartly-seasoned, slow-roasted pork shoulder dish without which no Puerto Rican Christmas Eve dinner would be ...

Toni Chapman, or The Moody Foody, is an expert on cooking the best-ever pernil and has shared her 5 best tips on how to do it.Pernil is a Latin American dish that is prominent throughout the holidays.

Pasteles and pernil are how I define Puerto Rican Christmas. And although pork is a fixture on the Puerto Rican table, it is just not Christmas without pernil. When I was growing up, we’d celebrate at ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A few years ago, while living among the Denver diaspora in Chicago, I learned the basics of this recipe from a man in the Pilsen neighborhood there. It is a ...

Whereas other families might have a Christmas turkey or goose, Puerto Rican families such as my own eat pork for their holiday meal. The meal — actually a night-long party called Nochebuena — is held ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. No edible item is more New Yorky than the breakfast sandwich, made with a ...