¡La Puerta Está Abierta!

Our Puerto Rican Mash-Up Laia Garcia, deputy editor of Lenny, the incredibly smart, creative, feminist newsletter created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, is approaching a critical milestone in the life of any Mash-Up immigrant: The year in which she will have been in the U.S. longer than “home.” Which begs the question: Where is home? Will she go “back”? Where do we belong? And how do we address these questions when Puerto Rico is part of the United States … right?

So what does being Puerto Rican in America mean? Well, for Laia, it means a love of Seinfeld. It means getting a Puerto Rico tattoo (but probably not dancing at the Puerto Rican Day Parade). And, especially, it means cooking beans.  

Laia would like you to watch this.

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Oh, and do you crave a little island in your life? Us too. Check out Laia’s recipe for Puerto Rican Beans and feel that beach tickling your toes.

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