Mike Diago is a high school social worker and writer from upstate New York. His work has appeared in Best American Food Writing, The Bittman Project, Eater, Fatherly and elsewhere. When he isn’t working, you can find him at a Latin lunch counter somewhere in the Greater New York area or in his backyard on Mount Beacon, cooking over a wood fire for his wife and two sons.
In the Dominican Republic, Mamajuana Is a Drink, a Medicine and a Rite of Passage
The mix of rum, wine, honey and macerated botanicals has been a national staple for a century.
- story: Mike Diago
- photo: Christian Rodriguez