I got the idea for this Cuban-Style Sofrito from Rachel Ray. She says her version does everything but make the beds (a potentially off-color remark). I made some changes for my version: where Rachel ...

As far as Colada Shop executive chef Mario Monte is concerned, the best part of the Cuban cafe’s new location on the Southwest Waterfront is the flat top grill. For the past three years, the ...

Alan Espino adds ingredients to his sofrito hot sauce. Alan Espino didn’t discover his love for hot sauce growing up eating his mother’s Cuban cooking. He’s part of a growing number of Miami hot sauce ...

In Cuban cuisine, a pool of hot, buttery “harina” (cornmeal) makes a delicious bed for sauteed shrimp, Creole-style crab or meat picadillo. Here, we offer our version of Cuban shrimp and “grits,” a ...

Cuban cuisine is one of the hottest dining trends in the country, so it was only a matter of time before Manhattan sofrito sellers looked East. Though Latin cuisines emigrated to Long Island decades ...

A Sassy Spoon compares imperial rice, or arroz imperial, to lasagna. Imperial rice has layers chicken, rice, mayo and cheese making it the ultimate Cuban comfort food dish. It’s the perfect dish to ...

Cuban cuisine doesn’t have a reputation for being healthy food. We think of fried pork dripping with grease and so many other carnivorous delights. The ground beef, the fried shredded steak, strip ...

Ropa vieja literally means “old clothes.” It’s not the most appetizing name for food, but it fits the dish, a type of beef stew, pretty well. For me, ropa vieja really IS like old clothes—familiar and ...

As Cuba and the United States tentatively move past decades of hostility and normalize relations, nostalgia is in the air. Havana Hardball conjures a colorful era of baseball that predated big-money ...

The relationship between the US and Cuba is thawing. Obama has officially removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which is good news for travelers who've been holding off on a visit ...

Just before Cuba busts open and its complicated essence is diluted by un montón de turistas, Phillippe Diederich's debut novel gives us an immersion complete with sights, sounds and — maybe most ...