Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving for Morning Edition host A Martinez without his grandmother's bolones de verde .

The traditional Ecuadorian breakfast dish of deep-fried balls of chopped plantains with chicharrón (fried pork belly) or bacon and eggs may not be a holiday dish, but just one bite transports A back to Thanksgiving during his childhood. He remembers his grandmother placing a giant bolon (a deep fried ball) the size of a football on the table for people to pick at all day.

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A always wanted to make his grandmother's recipe but he didn't inherit her talent for cooking. So he got some help from Rick Martínez, a James Beard award-winning chef, author, and TV host. He showed A how to recreate a little piece of his childhood with his own ta

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