Arturo's cooking style and influences come from family traditional cooking and years of his own research in the Dominican countryside.
His style is generally traditional Dominican cookery.
He has said that he is somewhat opposed to the "New Dominican Style" and "Dominican Fusion Food".
His rationale is that Dominican food is paramount to the Dominican identity and as such it should be cared for and promoted so that it is known before it's "tainted by fusion".

As many other traditional cooks, Arturo started to learn and cook from a very early age with his grandmother, "Mamá Pura", and his mother "Mamá Antonia".
He believes his cooking is part of his being Dominican and Taíno.
Arturo comes from a very ancient Dominican family, tracing his origins back to the Native American Taíno tribe.
He also claims Puerto Rican ancestry and has spent considerable time learning the Caribbean recipes that make the core of his menus.
Arturo's cooking style and influences come from family traditional cooking and years of his own research in the Dominican countryside. His style is generally traditional Dominican cookery. He has said that he is somewhat opposed to the "New Dominican Style" and "Dominican Fusion Food". His rationale is that Dominican food is paramount to the Dominican identity and as such it should be cared for and promoted so that it is known before it's "tainted by fusion".
As many other traditional cooks, Arturo started to learn and cook from a very early age with his grandmother, "Mamá Pura", and his mother "Mamá Antonia". He believes his cooking is part of his being Dominican and Taíno. Arturo comes from a very ancient Dominican family, tracing his origins back to the Native American Taíno tribe. He also claims Puerto Rican ancestry and has spent considerable time learning the Caribbean recipes that make the core of his menus.
Arturo Féliz-Camilo