Old Havana Cookbook: Cuban Recipes in Spanish and English by ... - 9780781813488

Old Havana Cookbook: Cuban Recipes in Spanish and EnglishAuthor(s): Rafael Marcos\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S., United States\nImprint: Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9780781813488, 978-0781813488\nSynopsis\nHavana 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 th.