The Essential Cuban Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes

by Patty Morrell-Ruiz

Create authentic Cuban flavors right at home

Cuban cuisine is as dynamic and alluring as the island itself. Transport your taste buds to Havana with classic recipes that show you how to capture the incredible flavors of beloved Cuban dishes without leaving the comfort of your kitchen.

What sets this Cuban cookbook

Celebrate the flavors, foods, and traditions of Cuba with this essential cookbook.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

134 pages, Hardcover

Published May 17, 2022

Reviews

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let’s get this out of the way: Patty Morrell-Ruíz’s The Essential Cuban Cookbook: 50 Classic Recipes is not the essential Cuban cookbook. (There’s not even a frita recipe in it.) That would be Ana Quincoce’s Sabor!: A Passion for Cuban Cuisine or maybe Joyce Lafray’s cuba cocina: The Tantalizing World of Cuban Cooking — Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

That said, The Essential Cuban Cookbook is a nice introduction to someone new to Cuban cooking — especially as it’s free for those subscribed to Kindle Unlimited. You’ll find the grilled Cuban sandwich, tamales (different than the Mexican kind), guava pastries, lechon asado (roasted pork), arroz con pollo, fricasé de pollo (more of a cacciatore than a gringo fricassee) — actually, most of the greatest hits. It’s not for Cuban home cooks looking to improve (like yours truly), but for others, it’s a solid four-star read.

I much prefer Grace Ramírez’sThe 5-Ingredient Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook, even though Ramírez is Venezuelan and I’m Cuban. This 99-cent wonder is one of the best Caribbean cookbooks there is.

[Dray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cuban cuisine is not the most vegetarian friendly. This cookbook has some good vegetarian recipes but they are few and far between.