Cuban Books

The Reader's Companion to Cuba - This book offers nearly two dozen captivating eyewitness "reports" from
visitors to Cuba's shores, among them Anais Nin's introduction to the "Fairyland" of Havana, Langstron
Hughe's surprising rumba party, an excursion around town with Fidel behind the wheel, and Tommy
Lasorda's baseball interview with pistol presiding. From Arnold Samuelson's intimate portrait to Frank
Ragano's recollections of the Mafia in Havana, the book provides an infinitely more revealing and personal
time-lapse "tour" of this complex country than could possibly be offered by any standard guidebook. Soft
cover. 392 pages. 8 x 5" $16.00

A Taste of Cuba - Here you will find enticing spiced fish and seafood dishes; sweet, creamy flans; savory
paella; warm, hearty black beans and rice; and tropical rum drinks. You'll find almost 200 recipes for
appetizers, soups, salads, breads, entrees, vegetables, desserts, and drinks that celebrate the colorful
cuisine of Cuba. Cuban cooking melds Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous Cuban traditions into dishes
that have become uniquely Cuban. Included also is an invaluable guide to finding uniquely Cuban
ingredients, such as plantain, yucca, malanga, and calabaza. Soft cover. 322 pages. 9 x 6" Soft cover.
$20.00

A Taste of Old Cuba - Cuban cuisine, though derived from its mother country, Spain, has been modified
and refined by locally available foods like pork, rice, corn, beans and sugar, and the requirements of a
tropical climate. The book is organized by the classic Cuban courses of a meal - complete with
appetizers, rice entrees, eggs, fritters, and beverages as well as soups, salads, vegetables, meats, and
desserts - evoking the gracious gentility for which Cuba was renowned. It offers authoritative recipes,
passed down from mother to daughter and friend to friend, for such classics as Garlic Soup, Rice with
Black Beans, Mashed Plantains, Picadillo, Roast Suckling Pig, and Cuban Bread Pudding. The stories
behind the recipes are as interesting as the dishes themselves. 280 pages. Hard cover. 9½ x 7½".
$27.50

Memories of a Cuban Kitchen - More than 200 classic recipes provide an introduction to a rich and varied
cuisine. The dishes that appear in each category - appetizers and snacks; soups and stews; meats and
poultry; fish and shellfish; rice, beans, and eggs; salads and vegetables; desserts; and drinks - best
represent everyday Cuban cooking. A glossary of Cuban ingredients provides a guide to commonly used
components. Each chapter begins with insights into the origins of the dishes or evocations of life in days
gone by. Soft cover. 334 pages. 9½ x 7½" $19.95

Cuban Home Cooking - This handy cookbook contains some of the best home-style recipes you'll ever find
for true Cuban home cooking. It is the complete guide to the most popular recipes from the largest
Caribbean Island in the West Indies. Easy-to-prepare recipes include treasures such as Pollo Asado,
Picadillo, Hot Oxtail Stew, Paella, Flan, and a fabulous Diplomatic Pudding. Distinctive flavors and easy
preparation techniques abound in this practical compilation of home recipes, updated to reflect today's
more health-conscious diets. 111 pages. Soft cover. 8½ x 5 ½" $12.95

Cuban Santeria - Cuban-born Raul Canizares describes the practices and rituals of Santeria - from
magical herbal prescription and healing to spiritism and animal sacrifice - and explains how for many
years the religion has been maintained under the guise of Catholicism. Most initiates are sworn to a
code of silence, but Canizares believes the time has come to relax this code and move Santeria, a
religion of beauty and resilience, out of the darkness and into the light so that a more accurate picture
of this rich tradition can emerge. Discusses the gods, initiations, rituals, history and legacy as well as
anecdotes from the author's own involvement. Eleven color plates and black-and-white illustrations.
In English or Spanish. 176 pages. 6 x 9" $16.95

Old Havana Cookbook - This cookbook recaptures the spirit of Old Havana and its celebrated culinary traditions. Fine Gulf
Stream fish, crabs and lobsters, and an almost infinite variety of vegetables and luscious, tropical fruits also have their
places on the traditional Cuban table. This cookbook includes over 50 recipes, each in Spanish with side-by-side English
translation - all of them classic Cuban fare and old Havana specialties adapted for the North American kitchen. Among the
recipes included are ajiaco (famous Cuban stew), boiled pargo with avocado sauce, lobster havanaise, tamal en cazuela
(soft tamal), quimbombo (okra), picadillo, roast suckling pg, and boniatillo (sweet potato dulce), along with a whole chapter
on famous Cuban cocktails and beverages. Hardback. 123 pages. 7 x 5" $14.95

Cuba Cocina Cookbook - Here is the most complete guide ever to the robust and soul-satisfying flavors of Cuba, both
the traditional foods and the exciting nuevo dishes rapidly becoming so popular here and on the island. Caribbean
food expert and long-time proponent of Cuban cuisine in America, Joyce LaFray has included hundreds of recipes
from home cooks and restaurants that reflect the flavorful cooking of this tropical island. Distinctively delicious
recipes include fresh red snapper served with a tangy citantro-lime sauce, a crab dish that incorporates crisp
plantains and a mango vinaigrette, and a Creole stewed shrimp prepared in the style of the province of Santiago de
Cuba. Alongside the traditional arroz con pollo, ropa vieja, pollo frito and roast suckling pig are recipes for nuevo-style
roast turkey with black bean stuffing, ginger-sherried roast pork, and pork medallions with yuca and mojo. On the
more indulgent side there are dozens of island cocktails, with and without alcohol, and a sumptuous array of
desserts: flan with rum sauce, mango-coconut cake, and a creamy custard called natilla. For those new to Cuban
cooking. an exhaustive glossary covers the essential terms and ingredients. a shopping list offers Cuban names for
major ingredients. Paperback. 272 pages. 8 x 10" $16.95

Havana Before Castro - A fascinating look at Havana, visually rich with hundreds of photos and other unique
images, this addition to the literature on one of the world's urban architectural treasures is authored by an
architectural historian, Peter Moruzzi. Through vintage and contemporary photographs, brochures, postcards,
and artifacts evocative of time and place, Havana before Castro tells the story of the city that was the most
popular exotic destination for Americans during the forty years between World War I and Castro's revolution.
See how Havana evolved from America's Prohibition haven and rich man's playground to a heady blend of
glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, all-night bars, and backstreet brothels. Visit Havana's seamy
Shanghai Theatre as well as its glamorous Tropicana, Montmartre, and Sans Souci nightclubs. Linger at La
Floridita -- the cradle of the daiquiri cocktail (one of Hemingway's favorite watering holes) -- rub elbows with
Frank Sinatra at Sloppy Joe's Bar, and learn why Cuban cigars remain the world's most highly prized. Follow
the parade of corrupt presidents who, along with American mobsters such a Meyer Lansky, welcomed the
mass tourism that led to Havana becoming a tropical Vegas swirling in a haze of rum and cigars, backed by a
conga beat. Paperback. 256 pages. 8.9 x 11" $30

2013 Cuba Calendar - Visit Cuba through these
colorful photographs: stroll old city streets, admire
the Spanish-style architecture, dance the night
away, then relax on a tropical island beach. Write
you appointments in the daily grid spaces provided.
8 1/2 x 11". $12.99.

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