la cocina de Lula
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Lula's Kitchen is Liz's Puerto Rican pop-up: the food she grew up with, cooked fresh every Thursday in San José.
San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
The sofrito, the arroz con gandules and the empanadas come from Puerto Rican home cooking, made the way Liz's family makes them. The arroz con dulce is a family recipe, still made the slow way.
From San Sebastián to San José
San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
A town in the hills of northwest Puerto Rico, where Lula's Kitchen's recipes come from.
Liz's words about San Sebastián, Puerto RicoEl coquí
The tiny tree frog whose two-note call fills the island's nights.
Old San Juan
Painted houses and blue cobblestones by the sea: the look this site borrows.
San José, California
Where Lula's Kitchen cooks now.
Why here
San José is home now, so Liz brings the island's flavors to her neighbors here, one Thursday at a time.