File Format | PDF
File Size | 11.6 MB
Pages | 203
Language | English
Category | Recipes
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Description: Havana is one of
the oldest and most picturesque cities of the western hemisphere. It was a
popular winter destination for North American tourists in the 1950s, and this
cookbook recaptures the spirit of Old Havana-- Habana la vieja-- and its
celebrated culinary traditions. Cuban cuisine, though derived from its mother
country, Spain, has been modified and refined by locally available foods like
pork, rice, corn, beans and sugar, and the requirements of a tropical climate.
Fine Gulf Stream
fish, crabs and lobsters, and an almost infinite variety of vegetables and
luscious tropical fruits also have their places on the traditional Cuban table.
This cookbook includes over 50 recipes, each in Spanish with side-by-side
English translation-- all of them classic Cuban fare and old Havana specialties
adapted for the North American kitchen. Among the recipes included are: Ajiaco
(famous Cuban Stew), Boiled Pargo with Avocado Sauce, Lobster Havanaise, Tamal
en Cazuela (Soft Tamal), Quimbombo (okra), Picadillo, Roast Suckling Pig, and
Boniatillo (Sweet Potato Dulce), along with a whole chapter on famous Cuban
cocktails and beverages.
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Old Havana Cookbook: Cuban Recipes in Spanish and English