EditorialBistec encebollado, with rice, beans and fried, sweet plantains, at Cafe Manolin, a relatively new discovery for Lin-Manuel Miranda in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 5, 2023. (Sebastian Castrodad/The New York Times)
EditorialCuban sandwich spring rolls, ropa vieja noodles, white rice and black beans, Cuban fried rice with shrimp and sweet plantains in a mapo sauce served at Calle Dao in New York, May 10, 2023. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
EditorialCuban sandwich spring rolls, ropa vieja noodles, white rice and black beans, Cuban fried rice with shrimp and sweet plantains in a mapo sauce served at Calle Dao in New York, May 10, 2023. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
EditorialCuban sandwich spring rolls, ropa vieja noodles, white rice and black beans, Cuban fried rice with shrimp and sweet plantains in a mapo sauce served at Calle Dao in New York, May 10, 2023. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
EditorialShrimp ceviche with plantains at El Canto de la Caracola, a restaurant in Rincón del Mar, Colombia, Jan. 29, 2023. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialA fried fish with coconut rice, pigeon peas, potato salad and plantains dish at El Carnaval in New York on Sept. 28, 2022. (José A. Alvarado Jr./The New York Times)