Recipes and Videos

Enchilado de mariscos: shrimp, sea scallops and split Florida spiny lobster tails in a tomato sofrito with peppers, red onion and cilantro, El Havanero behind the pan

Enchilado de Camarones: Cuban Shrimp and Seafoo...

Enchilado de camarones is Cuban shrimp creole: shrimp cooked fast and folded into a simmered sauce of sofrito, fresh tomato, and a splash of dry wine, finished with cilantro over...

Enchilado de Camarones: Cuban Shrimp and Seafoo...

Enchilado de camarones is Cuban shrimp creole: shrimp cooked fast and folded into a simmered sauce of sofrito, fresh tomato, and a splash of dry wine, finished with cilantro over...

Cuban cafecito served communally with small plastic cups

Cafecito, Colada, Cortadito: Cuban Coffee Expla...

Order coffee at a Miami ventanita and you will hear four or five words for what looks like the same small cup. They are not the same. The difference is...

Cafecito, Colada, Cortadito: Cuban Coffee Expla...

Order coffee at a Miami ventanita and you will hear four or five words for what looks like the same small cup. They are not the same. The difference is...

A Cuban plate: roast pork with onions, yellow rice and black beans, maduros, Cuban bread and cafecito

What Is Cuban Food? The Dishes, the Flavors, an...

Cuban food is the national cuisine of Cuba: a blend of Spanish, West African, Taíno, and Canary Island cooking, built on pork, rice, beans, root vegetables, and plantains. It is...

What Is Cuban Food? The Dishes, the Flavors, an...

Cuban food is the national cuisine of Cuba: a blend of Spanish, West African, Taíno, and Canary Island cooking, built on pork, rice, beans, root vegetables, and plantains. It is...

Cuban ropa vieja, a classic Cuban dish that contains no chile heat

Is Cuban Food Spicy? A Straight Answer, Dish by...

No. Traditional Cuban food is not spicy. Cuban cooking builds its flavor from garlic, sour orange, cumin, oregano, and bay leaf rather than from chile heat, and the peppers that...

Is Cuban Food Spicy? A Straight Answer, Dish by...

No. Traditional Cuban food is not spicy. Cuban cooking builds its flavor from garlic, sour orange, cumin, oregano, and bay leaf rather than from chile heat, and the peppers that...

Arroz frito cubano, Cuban Chinese fried rice, plated with bistec in mushroom sauce and mixed vegetables

Arroz Frito Cubano: The Cuban Chinese Fried Ric...

Cuba has its own fried rice. Not a fusion experiment, not a modern mashup. Arroz frito has been on Cuban tables since the 1860s, and in Miami it still shows...

Arroz Frito Cubano: The Cuban Chinese Fried Ric...

Cuba has its own fried rice. Not a fusion experiment, not a modern mashup. Arroz frito has been on Cuban tables since the 1860s, and in Miami it still shows...

Bistec de palomilla, Cuban pan-fried steak with onions

Bistec de Palomilla (Cuban Pan-Fried Steak)

Bistec de palomilla is the steak Cubans actually eat on a Tuesday. Thin top sirloin, lime and garlic, ninety seconds a side, and a mound of onions on top. No...

Bistec de Palomilla (Cuban Pan-Fried Steak)

Bistec de palomilla is the steak Cubans actually eat on a Tuesday. Thin top sirloin, lime and garlic, ninety seconds a side, and a mound of onions on top. No...