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Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More Than 200 Classic Recipes

Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More Than 200 Classic Recipes

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Authors: Mary Urrutia Randelman, Joan Schwartz
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 49 reviews
Sales Rank: 11273

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1

ISBN: 0028609980
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.597291
UPC: 785555033405
EAN: 9780028609980
ASIN: 0028609980

Publication Date: April 25, 1996
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Product Description
Authentic Cuban recipes offer a mixture of Spanish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Portuguese cuisine, from appetizers like Green Plantain Chips, to such entrees as Roast Pork Creole, to tropical rum-based drinks and desserts.

Filled with reminiscences and evocative halftone photos of Randelman's childhood in pre-Castro Cuba, this book presents more than 200 traditional recipes for Cuban dishes, a cuisine that lusciously combines Spanish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Portuguese influences.


Customer Reviews:   Read 44 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Aewsome Cuban Cookbook for your Collection...   June 25, 2008
Gina P. McClenning
For those of you who love to collect great cookbooks, this is an awesome Cuban cookbook. All the recipes invoke memories of Mama and Abuela cooking in the kitchen. They are authentic recipes and the stories are worth reading. Many of them will bring sweet memories to Cuban refugees who have adopted the U.S.A as our new home. This is a must-have book in the kitchen!


4 out of 5 stars Great Recipes   April 6, 2008
Carlos (Florida)
This book has great recipes and they are very well written. The instructions are very easy to follow. Very much the same ingredients my Cuban Mother has used all my life.


5 out of 5 stars Greatest CUBAN HOME COOKING book ever!   February 14, 2008
I. Rodriguez (denver, co, usa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

After sitting in the bookstore, going over about 10-20 so called Cuban recipe cookbooks, this is the ONE in my kitchen. Both my parents are from Cuba, I was born there as well, so naturally my siblings and I grew up on traditional Cuban recipes. This book is the closest to Mom's cooking I have ever found, and with some help from Mom, these recipes are just like being home. Easy to follow, simple, traditional recipes. Once you get the hang of "sofrito", which is base for most of our dishes, you won't be disappointed. LOVE this cookbook, and its wonderful, savory Cuban dishes!


5 out of 5 stars Loved It!!!!!!   February 9, 2008
Roy King (Raleigh, NC USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My husband is from Miami and when i was pregnant he took me to Miami and got me addicted to cuban food. We both really missed the food and this book brings back so many good memories. It really satisfies your taste buds.


5 out of 5 stars Great receipes   August 16, 2007
A. Hodel (Parsippany, NJ)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This cookbook comes the closest to the real recipes that I have tasted, except they love to use oregano and lots of green pepper which should be ignored. Red peppers should be substituted and cumin is the favorite spice of the cubans. Once the recipes are doctored the food is outstanding. My favorites are vaca frita, oxtails, black beans (remember, do not use the oregano or the green pepper), the garbanzo bean dish with chorizo. Also remember that the type of chorizo you use will influence the dish and their are several different kinds. The Colombian type is excellent or I would stick to Goya's brand. The Colorado Bean Soup is awesome, especially if you puree it - though it is labor intensive. Remember that many of these recipes can be cooked in a pressure cooker, which is how many real cuban households make these meat dishes quickly and they come out the most tender. It would have been great if they included that method in this book but you can guesstamate the times. This works particularly well with the oxtails. You must remember also that each cuban family makes the dishes their way, so that is why you have to adjust the ingredients.

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