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  Samaná Peninsula

  Stretching out lazily from the Dominican Republic’s northeast corner, the Samaná Peninsula is a sun-lover’s paradise—all idyllic Caribbean beaches, warm turquoise waters, and fresh seafood—that’s populated by fishermen, Euro expats, and endless coconut groves. Plus humpback whales, who come to mate and calve every January, and tourists, of course, inevitably drawn to the laid-back lounge-around nature of the peninsula’s pretty villages.

  But despite the international streak—and the restaurants that go along with it—in towns such as Las Terrenas, we come here to eat fish and more fish, prepared in the local way. Such is the subject of this EYW snapshot.

  Stretching out lazily from the Dominican Republic’s northeast corner, the Samaná Peninsula is a sun-lover’s paradise—all idyllic Caribbean beaches, warm turquoise waters, and fresh seafood—that’s populated by fishermen, Euro expats, and endless coconut groves. Plus humpback whales, who come to mate and calve every January, and tourists, of course, inevitably drawn to the…   Read more

   

  Find local foods in Samaná Peninsula.

  Pescado con coco

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  Oysters on the beach

  Puerto Plata
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  Fried fish on the beach

  Rio San Juan
  vanessa

• • For the Sake of Ham

    lsr
    Rio San Juan, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic
    

    At a hotel in the DR, we’d just finished a good but modest, very Dominican lunch of fish, rice, and beans. About to return to the beach, we notice a group of people checking in and can t…    Read more

• Blog Posts

• Recipes From Afar: Piña Colada, Dominican Republic

  A few summers ago, I conducted my graduate-school research at a health clinic in a batey, or rural community, about an hour north of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Punta Cana’s high-end resorts and all-you-can-eat buffets are a…   Read more