Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook Hardcover – October 18, 2022

This cookbook was my book clubs pick for our quarterly cookbook meeting and it was a hit. I made empanadas and the pineapple soda upside down cake and it was amazingly easy and so good. Everybody's dishes turned out very well, and we all agreed that the recipes were very easy to follow.

I bought several of these books to give as gifts and was excited to find they were on discount at the time. I think it was buy three get one free or something like that when I bought them. This hardcover book is sturdy and would even look good on your living room table let alone your kitchen shelf. I follow this author on Instagram, subscribe to her newsletter, and I've bought her spice mixes. (I promise I'm not related to her,I just got lucky and found her on Instagram one day) @EatGordaEat is the BEST. She has almost no filter, she's hillarious, real AF, and her food is fudging fantastic. Do yourself a favor and buy this cookbook for yourself and get one for all those people in your framily who like to cook. Then they will make these recipes for you! That was my strategy and it's been working ;) See, it's the gift that keeps on giving!

Incredible!!! Her recipes are amazing and her writing make this a masterpiece! THANK YOU to the author for bridging the painful and the powerful stories of Boriquen. I already have family trying to steal my book so it’s on our gift list!

Great book, love the added information, great pictures, will buy others to gift away!

I like the way the author give a history lesson and how easy the recipes are.

Nice pictures of places in Puerto Rico that made me homesick accompanied with interesting stories about different towns where certain foods came from. As far as the recipes are concerned I found them easy and doable. However, I found that for a true island Puerto Rican, the amount of recipes of typical Puerto Rican dishes were limited.

Beautifully written, gorgeous photos, great recipes

As a Puerto Rican that grew up in New England it has been a lifelong endeavor to stay close to my heritage - this is the cookbook I have been searching for my whole life. What Ilyanna has done here is truly remarkable. This book paints a picture of Puerto Rican cuisine not only through recipes and photos but through intimate stories and research that provides historical context for why these dishes are so important and should matter not only to Puerto Ricans but to the food world at large. This book is a joy to read from the colorful photos to the beautiful writing to the delicious recipes. don’t let my talk of her writing fool you - these recipes are amazing and everything I have made has turned out so delicious. This book is more than just a cookbook because it is a memoir, a reference book, and an art piece. Do yourself a favor and buy this book.

Thank you for writing this book!! I left PR at 18 and although I have a copy of cocina criolla, I was hoping/yearning for a cook book that reflected PR cuisine as it stands now. Thanks again!