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The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, Ferdie Pacheco
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 165785
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1
ISBN: 0813014034
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5945
UPC: 667272140348
EAN: 9780813014036
ASIN: 0813014034
Publication Date: November 1995
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Product Description
Out of secrets and dreams and romance, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart and Ferdie Pacheco re-create their passion for the Columbia in this narrated cookbook inspired by the nation's largest Spanish restaurant and Florida's oldest. Adela's affair with food is a family legacy that began more than 90 years ago, when her beloved grandfather Casimiro emigrated from Cuba to Tampa, then a little town on Florida's west coast. There, amid scrub palmettos and rattlesnakes, an enclave of Cubans, Spaniards, and Italians worked in the growing cigar industry in a neighborhood known as Ybor City. This book is both a history of the elegant family restaurant, which now boasts six locations in Florida, and a cookbook of 178 recipes that make them famous. It is also the biography of Adela, the heart of the Columbia, with commentary by Ferdie Pacheco, television's "fight doctor", Ybor City's famous raconteur, and Adela's neighbor as they grew up together in Ybor City.
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 Don't Do It Yourself December 12, 2007
Peter P. Fuchs (Washington, DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A recent salad made wonderfully by a friend convinced me that there is just about as much art in making salads as anything else. It made me think of the excellent 1905 Salad at the Columbia Restaurant which we get every time we're there. It has just the right combination of things and an especially fine dressing. But here's a case of "Don't try to do it at home" unless you are really accomplished at that sort of thing. The time we tried to do it, following the recipe provided exactly, it didn't taste anything like what you get at the restaurant. And we had purchased their own dressing. Anyways, they have have a new location in Palm Beach which I want to visit. The best we've tried is the one in Sarasota. You can go afterwards to see the Rubens tapestry cartoons at the Ringling Museum of Art. That's a fun afternoon.
Very Nice December 28, 2006
Sam Sung (Lake Stevens, WA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, this is some cookbook. I picked it up in the Orlando Airport, and have been enjoying it ever since. Highly recommend it.
Excellent if you love this restaurant like I do February 20, 2006
R. Blair (Knoxville, TN)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful recipe that also goes into the history of the restaurant. I love the columbia and always got to the one at St. Armands circle when I am in Florida. I love the ropa vieja and cuban snawhiches are quick and easy
Spanish Cooking, Columbia Style! May 14, 2005
Kyra_Athena (Georgia USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is such a wonderful cookbook. In South Florida, I visited Columbia and loved the food. I purchased it to try something new. The recipes are authentic with some background narrative woven in there. The language is easy and you can follow the recipe without any problems. Of the recipes I tried, most could be prepared from a well-stocked pantry, not necessarily a huge trip to the grocery store like some cookbooks demand. There are some really great seafood recipes in here too. You'll love the simple Cuban sandwich in here too. I believe this cookbook is well worth the price.
Ah, las recetas son excelentes, May 6, 2003
Miguel Angel Mora (Mexico City)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
y la historia..te cautiva.
Lo que me fascino, fue el gaspacho...
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