In Latino Enclaves, Less Arroz, More Beans
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: May 18, 2008
HOW important is rice to Dominicans?
“Ecuadoreans love rice,” says Marco Mendez, right, at work in Jackson Heights.
The food is so ubiquitous that the national lunchtime staple of rice, beans and meat is known as the Dominican flag. Some Dominican families hang decorated rice balls on their Christmas trees, and the grain shows up in appetizers, main dishes and desserts, among them the sweet, clove-scented rice pudding known as arroz con leche.
That may explain why Agripina Peralta, a manager at Jaya Restaurant on Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights, lowered her voice slightly when she admitted that the restaurant had begun thinning the beds of rice beneath its goat stews and roast chickens.
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