DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California

DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California

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DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California
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Calabaza Stuffed With The Original Rice-A-Roni Recipe...

Calabaza Stuffed With The Original Rice-A-Roni Recipe...

And how an Armenian widow started it all.

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Oct 10, 2023
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DIASPORICAN: illyanna Maisonet is Puerto Rican in California
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The recipe is all the way at the bottom of the page. Paid subscribers will have access to the video of this recipe being made for the next 24 hours on IG Stories.


Paid Subscribers! Are you seeing these private videos just for you on my IG?

If you’re still active on Instagram and you’re not seeing my IG stories with that green star/square in the upper right corner, you have not given me your IG handle. And since there’s only like 100 of y’all on the IG “close friends” list and over 400 of you here on Substack, I know a lot of you are missing out on one of the benefits that comes from being a paid subscriber. Only paid subscribers see these “close friends” IG stories.

The photo above is from a video I posted of me making Pastelon featured in last week’s newsletter.

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It’s weird because there’s no way y’all couldn’t have seen this because I have mentioned this in almost every newsletter. Do y’all just don’t wanna bother? LOL! Been there!


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I’m offering $20 off for an annual subscription to my newsletter! But, only until the end of the year. I’m trying to find new ways to keep subscribers engaged and dropping the cost might be the most effective. The discount is automatically set when you click “subscribe!”

I still haven’t heard any “Yes, let’s plan some shit for an IRL gathering.” It looks like most of y’all are on the East Coast. But, it looks like the East Coasters definitely want a virtual cooking demo.

Mention in the comments below if y’all would like to do October, November or December. And then we’ll land on some dates. And then we’ll land on some recipes.

PAID subscribers get access to:

  • Instagram “Close Friends” List - Me and Mami’s Day Trips, Day Trip Soundtracks, Bochinche-Chisme, CaliforniaCore

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  • The “Most comprehensive list of Northern California burgers you'll ever find, according to Mami.”

  • My one and only “List of places to eat in Puerto Rico” will be emailed directly to you.

Everyone’s support is so appreciated, and I hope you enjoy.


RICE A RONI

You may be asking yourself how I ended up having dinner with the daughter of Tom DeDomenico and Lois Bruce, the couple responsible for Rice-A-Roni. The short answer is: she’s distantly related to the family I married into. 

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