Rich Dessert: Visiting Cuba

Cuban Cuisine Dept: As a result, one might assume that Cuban cuisine is . . . well, blah. Which is hardly the case, as we learn in Miami s Little Havana, which centres around a three-kilometre stretch of the famed Calle Ocho SW 8th Street , just west of the city s downtown core. Here, given South Florida s bountiful fresh produce, delicious authentic Cuban food abounds, made, best they can, according to traditional methods, according to The Star. Take flan, for instance a very rich dessert made primarily from eggs. Lots of eggs. In a post-revolutionary edition of a Cuban cookbook, though, the flan recipe calls for only one and mIAMI Other than the occasional travelling Pollyanna, most people visiting Cuba wind up with one serious complaint the food. Serious foodies often vow never to return; those who do pack their own spices. And emergency rations. At the Exquisito, a restaurant/cultural community hub on Calle Ocho, we meet Raul Cremata, a modern renaissance man known as the Cuban Sinatra. A local gallery owner and prominent artist in his own right, Cremata explains that, as ingredients became scarce or non-existent in Cuba, the country s recipes had to be continually adjusted to the point of non-recognition. As reported in the news.
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