PARMA, Ohio -- Twisted Taino, chef Jose Melendez’ Caribbean-fusion concept that first opened in Ohio City Galley, has now set its Parma location’s opening date for Aug. 1. The restaurant’s ...

Twisted Taino’s menu includes bandeja criolla (chicken and pork chicharron, plantain chips and yuca fries), pastelon (Puerto Rican lasagna), arroz mamposteao’ (Puerto Rican fried rice ...

The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto ...