The Cuban Table by Ana Sofia Pelaez

The Cuban Table by Ana Sofia Pelaez

The Cuban Table is a comprehensive, contemporary overview of Cuban food, recipes and culture as recounted by serious home cooks and professional chefs, restaurateurs and food writers. Cuban-American food writer Ana Sofia Pelaez and award-winning photographer Ellen Silverman travelled through Cuba, Miami and New York to document and learn about traditional Cuban cooking from a wide range of authentic sources. Cuban home cooks are fiercely protective of their secrets. Content with a private kind of renown, they demonstrate an elusive turn of hand that transforms simple recipes into bright and memorable meals that draw family and friends to their tables time and again. More than just a list of ingredients or series of steps, Cuban cooks' tricks and touches hide in plain sight, staying within families or being passed down in well-worn copies of old cookbooks largely unread outside of the Cuban community. Here you'll find documented recipes for everything from iconic Cuban sandwiches to rich stews with Spanish accents and African ingredients, accompanied by details about historical context and insight into cultural nuances. More than a cookbook, The Cuban Table is a celebration of Cuban cooking, culture and cuisine. With stunning photographs throughout and over 110 deliciously authentic recipes this cookbook invites you into one of the Caribbean's most interesting and vibrant cuisines.

ANA SOFIA PELAEZ is the great-niece of renowned avant-garde painter Amelia Peláez del Casal. She grew raised in a well-known Cuban household. Ana Sofia, who was born in Miami and now lives in New York, started her food blog, Hungry Sofia, in 2008 to explore the rich fragrances, heady flavors, and baroque traditions of Latin cuisine. The New York Times, InStyle magazine, The Huffington Post, Food 52, Apartment Therapy's the Kitchn, iVillage, and NBC Latino have all profiled her since then. She's appeared on the Cooking Channel's Stay Hungry campaign as well as Chef Aarón Sanchez's Aarón Loves NY. Saveur magazine recently named Hungry Sofia as one of the Best Regional Food Blogs of 2012.

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ISBN 13	9781250036087
ISBN 10	1250036089
Title	The Cuban Table
Author	Ana Sofia Pelaez
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	2014-10-28
Number of pages	336
Prizes	Short-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards (International) 2015
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.