Juan Luis Guerra is a Dominican musician known for his work in bachata, merengue, and salsa genres. Some of his career accomplishments include graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1982, releasing his first album in 1984 which helped popularize bachata, winning his first Grammy in 1991, and having great commercial and critical success with albums in the 2000s that won numerous awards. He is married with two children and enjoys traditional Dominican foods like mofongo, mangu, and sancocho.
3. CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1982- graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston with a diploma in Jazz composition.
1984- Back in DR he released his first album Soplando with a local group called 440 (cuatro cuarenta)
later on together known as Juan Luis Guerra y 440.
1991- Won his first Grammy for his album called Bachata Rosa
In 2004 He released a new album since 1998 that got him two awards at the 2005 Billboards.
He also performed the lead single of his new album, "La Llave De Mi Corazon", released in March 2007.
This album won more than 20 awards including 5 Latin Grammy Awards, 6 Premios Casandra Awards, 4
billboard Awards, 2 lo nuestro and one Grammy Award.
5. Me llamo Juan Luis Guerra. Me gusto la musica, especialmente bachata,
muerenge, y salsa. No me gusta mucho los deportes. Soy alto y delgado.
Tengo pelo negro en mi cabaza y tengo un barba negra tambien. Tengo
cincuenta y siete a単os. Soy casado con Nora Vega desde 1983, y tengo dos
hijos.
7. MANGU
Ingredients
4 Unripe plantains
4 Tablespoons of butter( salted or unsalted)
2 tablespoons of oil
2 large red onions Sliced
1 Tablespoon of vinegar
1 quart of cold water
salt
How to make it
Peel the plantains and cut into 8 pieces
Place the plantains,water and the salt in a pan.Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes, until plantains are tender then lower
heat(leave plantains in pot we will need the water it was boiled in)
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, sautee the onions until translucent, add some salt and the vinegar.
Take the Plantains out of the water(1 pce out a time) and mash them with a fork. add the butter and some of the reserved boiled
water and keep mashing. Take some more plantains and repeat this process until it is very smooth.
Serve with onions.