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Book ReviewsA Taste of Old Cuba : More Than 150 Recipes for Delicious, Authentic, and Traditional Dishes |
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Book: A Taste of Old Cuba : More Than 150 Recipes for Delicious, Authentic, and Traditional Dishes
Written by: Maria Josefa O'Higgins |
Publisher: HarperCollins
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Gastronomic Retrospection Rating:
5 / 5
This is not only a gastronomic delight, but an extraordinary trip through old, but good, memories, glorious traditions and an unfortunately bygone way of life. To revisit places I've loved and relive experiences I thoroughly enjoyed as a child, like crabbing at Paso Malo, was an absolute joy. This book, a present from my daughter, is one of the most memorable father's day present I recall.
Even a Gringa Can Cook Good Cuban Food Rating:
5 / 5
Growing up as an Irish/German decendant I had never had black beans until I was in my late 20s. My best friend's mother introducted me to delicious Cuban food. I am now happily cooking for her nephew and his daughters almost as well as his Tia and his mother. Forget meat and potatoes - I'd rather have Arroz con Pollo and so would my children.
A Taste of Old Cuba Rating:
4 / 5
I cannot tell how much I love this book. When i first bought it i took it to my grandmother to share it with her. She got misty eyed reading it, she said that it reminded her of her mother cooking for her and her 11 brothers & sisters in Cuba - there were recipes in the book that she had not had since she left Cuba in the 60s. When she passed, she took some of the best cooking with her. The book gives me recipes that taste exactly the way i remember them - never fails. The following Christmas i bought 9 copies for my family's 3rd generation women so that we don't forget, and have since bought several more as gift whenever the subject of good Cuban recipes has come up. Buy the book, i promise you won't need anything else!
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