Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen - Tapa blanda

Florida's best selling Cuban home cooking cookbook. These time-honoured dishes meld with the rhythm and spices of the Caribbean. Savour the artistry of authentic Cuban cuisine at its best: pollo frito, ropa vieja, carne con papas, garden eggs and many, many more! Distinctive flavours and easy preparation techniques abound. This very practical compilation contains the best of the classics, minus the tropical fats and oils commonly associated with island cuisines. A complete Cuban glossary in both English and Spanish offers simple substitutes.

Jane Cossio's Cuban husband, Evelio, thoroughly enjoys his wife's cooking. Jane learned the secrets of great home cooking from his mother, Bertha, who taught Jane the intricacies of Cuban cuisine, and from Evelio's grandmother, Maria, who also shares her many years of experience. Joyce LaFray is one of Florida's foremost Food and Travel writers. She has been published by HarperCollins, Ten Speed Press, written for Bon Appetit and is considered Florida's foremost food expert.