Coquito is the centerpiece of many Puerto Rican Christmas celebrations.
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We learn about the holiday drink that’s the centerpiece of Puerto Rican Christmas celebrations, and we hear how Hurricane Maria changed Christmas for one Puerto Rican family.
Puerto Rico's boozy holiday drink of choice is a coconut-y spin on eggnog: coquito. Tania Lopez's recipe can be adapted for vegans and children.
We deliver food to elderly New Yorkers who can't shop or cook for themselves, and talk with them about the role food plays in their lives today.
We talk with coquito masters in Harlem and a moonshiner in the Bronx to learn about the holiday drink that’s the centerpiece of a Puerto Rican Christmas celebration.
Listeners call in to share stories of food and in-laws. Emma wooed her wife's Christian family with Hanukkah potato pancakes, but Erin's in-laws shunned her vegan diet.