The Dining Traveler Guide to Puerto Rico
About the Book
The Dining Traveler Guide to Puerto Rico is a photographic guide to Puerto Rico. Food and travel writer Jessica van Dop DeJesus enlisted documentary photographer Italo Morales to go on a month’s long journey across Puerto Rico. The purpose of the book is to inspire the reader through beautiful photography, accounts from locals, and a more in-depth look at the lesser-known regions of the island.
The chapters are divided into regions: North, South, East, West, Center, San Juan, Culebra, and Vieques. This organization allows the reader to understand how geologically diverse the island is.
The book was scheduled to print during the fall of 2017; however, at that time the island was hit and severely damaged by Hurricane Maria. It was important to assess the situation on the island and its recovery before publishing the book.
About the Author
Jessica van Dop DeJesus is the founder and editor of the popular travel and food website, The Dining Traveler. She was raised in a small town called Guayama, Puerto Rico, spending her elementary and middle school years on the island. While a college student at the State University of New York-Albany, she also studied Spanish Literature at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. With many friends and family still in Puerto Rico, she has traveled often and extensively across the island.
Jessica has traveled all over the world, having visited more than fifty countries and lived in six. After many years of traveling, she still considers Puerto Rico her favorite place on earth. It was imperative for her to publish her first travel book about a place that is so close to her heart.
