Memories Of My Cuban Kitchen

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.

Memories of my cuban kitchen. The book rings wonderfully true both in its recipes and its evocations of pre castro havana as recalled by author mary urrutia randelman with heartfelt affection. There is also a glossary of terms that is very helpful. My ancestor in spain and in cuba would cook paella for. In 1960 we fled from cuba and traveled to kingston jamaica where we spent 3 months.

Overlaid with reminiscences and black and white photographs of randelman s childhood in cuba memories of a cuban kitchen presents a luscious picture of the cuisine a fusion of spanish indian african chinese and portuguese influences. The best foreign cookbook honors go to memories of a cuban kitchen. It s dark meat chicken and potatoes simmered in a flavorful tomato based sauce. Starting with explanations of unusual cuban ingredients randelman moves on to the best known appetizers.

While i was going to city college of new york my mom starting making empanadillas for a local restaurant to help me. In order to make extra monies to get to the united states my mom worked in the kitchen of a convent that was hosting us while in jamaica. However the thought of cooking a paella does intimidate most people into even attempting this favorable dish. Memories of a cuban kitchen authors.

Inspired by a recipe from memories of a cuban kitchen by mary urrutia randelman and joan schwartz wiley 1996. The recipes are easy to follow and the cookbook is organized very nicely. He said he perused countless cuban cookbooks out on the market to find the one he wanted for me and memories of a cuban kitchen invoked the recipes and ingredients he remembered from his childhood. Most people i know appreciate an excellent paella.

Email questions to the food section. Tested by tanya sichynsky. Food memories recipe and fun. Filled with reminiscences and evocative halftone photos of randelman s childhood in pre castro.