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Are
you are new to Cuban cuisine? If so, then you are about to enter an
exciting world of flavor. Cuban cooking combines the tastes of Spain
with the tropical flavors of the Caribbean. Throw in some New World
spices and ingredients and a strong African influence and you have the
essence of Cuban cookery.These recipes also reflect ingredients and
methods that were refined by Cuban exiles after they came to the United
States. Here they found an abundance of foods that were either very
scarce or completely unavailable in Castro's Cuba. Fish and seafood are
two examples of foods that were only rarely enjoyed in Cuba after 1959.
It was also impossible to get real olive oil-an ingredient that gives so
many Cuban dishes a distinctive Latin flavor. Exile in the U.S. also
exposed Cubans to ingredients they never saw in Havana. Salmon is very
popular with Miami Cubans, for example, but unheard of in Cuba.
If you are one of the more that two million
people who have visited the web site at iCuban.com: The Internet Cuban,
you already know who these Three Guys are. If you are one of the more
than six billion people alive today who have not, a little explanation
is in order. They are Three Guys From MiamiTM who share a passion for
good food, good conversation, and a great party. Are you are new to
Cuban cuisine? If so, then you are about to enter an exciting world of
flavor. Cuban cooking combines the tastes of Spain with the tropical
flavors of the Caribbean. Throw in some New World spices and ingredients
and a strong African influence and you have the essence of Cuban
cookery. These recipes also reflect ingredients and methods that were
refined by Cuban exiles after they came to the United States. Here they
found an abundance of foods that were either very scarce or completely
unavailable in Castro's Cuba. Fish and seafood are two examples of foods
that were only rarely enjoyed in Cuba after 1959. It was also
impossible to get real olive oil-an ingredient that gives so many Cuban
dishes a distinctive Latin flavor. Exile in the U.S. also exposed Cubans
to ingredients they never saw in Havana. Salmon is very popular with
Miami Cubans, for example, but unheard of in Cuba. Wherever possible the
Three Guys have made these dishes simple to prepare. You don't need to
be a professional chef to create any of the recipes in this book. Best
of all, you don't need to be Cuban to cook and enjoy them. If a Swedish
guy from Minnesota can cook Cuban food (and he does it very well), you
can too They have madge several appearances on the Food Network. Glenn
Lindgren first came to Miami in 1984 and fell in love with the city, the
people, and the Cuban culture. A freelance writer by profession, Glenn
documents the antics of the Three Guys From Miami(TM) in books and on
the Internet. When not in Miami, Glenn and his wife live in Minnesota
with their son and two daughters. Raul Musibay, born in Cayo la Rosa,
near Bauta, in the province of Havana, spent one winter in New Jersey
but has been a full-time Miami resident ever since. He is the manager of
the Red Bird Amoco station there. He and his wife have two married
children. Jorge Castillo was born and raised in Cayo la Rosa, Havana. He
came to the United States via the Mariel Boatlift in 1980, then left
Miami after three months to live in Iowa, where he became a respiratory
therapist. Now the regional sales manager for a major medical products
company, he makes his home in Miami's West Dade with his wife and two
daughters.
Millions of people have already discovered
the Three Guys from Miami and their recipes, and now the rest of the
world can, too, with Three Guys from Miami Cook Cuban. You don't have to
be a professional cook to make such extraordinary dishes as Medianoche
and Paella Cubana, and you definitely don't need to be Cuban to cook and
eat them.
Written by the trio that has spawned a
renewal of interest in Cuban cuisine, this guide to the flavors of Cuba
reveals the island as a tasty confluence of Spanish spices, tropical
ingredients, and African influence.
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