"Drawing on rich ethnographic and sociolinguistic research, Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side is an essential contribution to scholarship on Latinx linguistic practices and identities. Tseng's raciomultilingual approach forges exciting new paths in the study of everyday negotiations and transformations of ethnoracial, linguistic, and national borders."?Jonathan Rosa, associate professor in the Departments of Anthropology, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, Stanford University " Empanadas, Pupusas, and Greens on the Side provides a comprehensive exploration of DC Latinx language experiences in a US region that stands out for its long-term majority Salvadoran population and has been understudied and undertheorized. Tseng captures detailed ethnographic portraits and draws from diverse data sets and cultural texts. The result is an innovative, intersectional, and interdisciplinary analysis of gentrification, language, place, and identity. This book redefines what it means to be Washingtonian and paints a nuanced picture around DC belonging."?Lillian Gorman, director, Spanish as a Heritage Language Program, associate professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Arizona.