Meet your Instructor Chef Kim Tapia is the owner of Kim’s Puerto Rican Delights Facebook Group, professional caterer and cooking instructor. She’s been making Puerto Rican cuisine since she was a little girl. Kim was raised in Brooklyn, NY and currently resides in Staten Island, NY. When she’s not making her famous pasteles, Kim is a real estate professional and entrepreneur. If you want to get to know Kim more intimately please join her group and follow her Instagram page @kim.d_agent.remaxedge History of the Pastele In Puerto Rico, the holiday season starts after Thanksgiving and goes through Christmas and Three Kings Day to the Octavas and Octavitas , a religious observance that extends the celebration through mid-January. It seems like pasteles are always a part of each celebration. The Fiestas ...
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