The last three decades have seen the Hispanic populace tremendously grow in the United States. Eleven percent of the American populace comprises the Hispanics including the 3.6 million who occupy the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Almost 31million individuals in America can be identified as Hispanics. The largest minority group in the U.S was the Hispanic population in 2011. California, Arizona, Florida, Texas and New York carry more than 70% of the Hispanic population with the Mexicans being the largest subdivision that comprise approximately 58% of the populace. It is then followed by the other subdivisions like the Central and South Americans with 9%, the Puerto Ricans with 10%, the Cubans 9%, the Dominicans with 2% and the other Hispanics with 18% (Novas and Rosemary 3). Thus, the Hispanic population in America is continuously growing, with a significant increase through native births as well as immigration. Hispanic Food in U.S.A …show more content…
Many Latinos purchase from small ethnic markets (bodegas) that sell unique foods that they use in Latino cooking. Further, their cooking employs recipes which they have inherited from their parents as well as grandparents. Consequently, the United States specialty food companies started developing and thriving through supplying traditional cooking ingredients to the Latinos. For instance, the commonly Goya Food ingredients are sold in almost all grocery stores across United States of America (Novas and Rosemary 3). Additionally, approximate third and fourth generations of the U.S families have transformed or are in the process of transforming their cooking traditions to incorporate the Hispanic way of