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I don't know where to get a machine. However, there is a man in Southern California who is God's gift to every good Boricua who lives out here. He goes by the name of Benny Blanco or Mr. Tatobien. "Ta-to-bien" is the answer he normally gives whenever people ask him "how's it going?" Others call him "El Pastelero Del Barrio."

Benny Blanco makes the best pasteles I have tasted in my life. Every year around this time, my own mother asks me to get her a dozen of Benny's best. I know he's out done himself yet again whenever I see my mother smile after biting into the first of her dozen.

According to Benny, he sends pasteles to clients in New York, Florida, Puerto Rico, and (get this) Mexico! I have no reason to doubt this claim given that I have witnessed the amount of time and labor that Benny pours into confecting each pastel with careful detail.

If you want to indulge in soemthing that tastes like manna from Heaven, try one of Benny's best! Here's his website:

Tatobien Productions