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Photo by Carmen Molina Tamacas/Bensonhurst Bean“The dialect; that’s the most important. Do not forget, ” Jeremías Alvarado said of his Guatemalan Mayan-Quiché heritage. That is the main aspiration of the Guatemalan community in Bath Beach and Bensonhurst — to preserve the culture they left behind. Alvarado does not celebrate
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Tamal de elote con crema, or corn tamale with homemade sour cream.Puerto del Sol (1550 Bay Ridge Avenue) stands out on a busy street as one of the more inviting dining establishments in the neighborhood. Wide-open doors reveal a handsome bar surrounded by mahogany-colored bar stools, and wait staff
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Editor’s note: Neighbor and Salvadorian journalist Carmen Molina Tamacas sometimes contributes articles [/a-little-guatemala-grows-in-bensonhurst/] about Bensonhurst’s growing Central American community. She recently took a walk through Bensonhurst with the new Google Translate Word Lens App [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/14/google-translate-app-gets-an-upgrade/] and wrote about [http://www.