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 de la Calle de San Sebastián caps it all off over the course of three days in Old San Juan. Friends will show up at loved ones’ house
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