Tostones are fried plantains pounded flat and then fried again to create a delicious chip. They are a staple in most Latin American cuisine and throughout the Caribbean. Totstones can be eaten alone ...

You may recall, that is, if you have been reading me that long, a column that I wrote a few years ago about my obsession with plantains; particularly green plantains. Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, or fry ‘em.

Lituma or pounded plantains can justify a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Lituma is a culinary specialty of the Lokele ethnic group–a tribal cluster of clans of fishers and fishwives along ...

It sounds crazy, but in the rest of the country, people don’t go bananas for plantains. They occasionally eat a banana from their fruit basket or pop one for potassium, but that’s it. They have no ...