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Peruvian Gastronomy at Cuba's Most Cosmopolitan Hotel

Prensa Latina

Habana Libre Tryp Hotel executives announced that this facility, the most cosmopolitan in Cuba, will host a festival of Peruvian food on April 24-28, with traditional dishes.

From My Kitchen Ropa Vieja

By Silvia Mayra Gómez Fariñas

Ropa vieja means old clothes, probably because it resembles ripped up pieces of cloth. This classic dish is emblematic of Cuban cuisine and a lot tastier than its name implies. Traditionally one of the most requested dishes in restaurants nationwide, it also graces many a menu among the new wave of emerging Cuban restaurants

Freixenet, the great winner of the XVIII International Wine Festival

By Mercy Ramos photos José Meriño

The Catalan group Freixenet S.A. was the great winner of the XVIII International Wine Festival, recently concluded at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, reaching six of the dozen awards awarded at the meeting.

Initiated Wine Festival in the National Hotel of Cuba

Por Mercy Ramos fotos José Meriño

The Wine Festival, which annually brings together a large number of sector, began at the National Hotel of Cuba, its habitual headquarters, with the presence of entrepreneurs, specialists and sommeliers of more than one dozens of countries.

Freixenet, three decades in Cuba

By Mercy Ramos photos José Meriño

When three decades ago, Lluis Ortega Mateo arrived in Cuba with the intention to introduce the excellent Cuban wines to the Cuban market. Freixenet sparkling wines, surely did not think that after that time would become one of the main suppliers of these spirits in the largest of the Antilles and, also, of others, from several countries.

From My Kitchen, Malanga Fritters

By Silvia Mayra Gómez Fariñas

Malanga is a Caribbean starchy tuber resembling a sweet potato, also known as tannia in some parts of the region. Malanga fritters are among the most popular Cuban dishes, enjoyed across the country by locals and visitors alike.

From My Kitchen: Stuffed Pineapple Salad

By Silvia Mayra Gómez Fariñas, Stuffed Pineapple Salad

Stuffed Pineapple Salad Makes 4 servings. Fruits are delicious and people enjoy them; they are refeshing and tasteful. Here we bring you a recipe we hope will please your palate.

Varadero, not just a beach destination...

Charly Morales Valido

Eduardo Adrian Juarez, IBA Vice-president for America, stressed the steady growth achieved by Cuban Association of Bartenders, with a greater presence of young people interested in this profession.

From My Kitchen, Chops for Dad

By Silvia Mayra Gómez Fariñas

Pork is one of the meats that Cuban people love most, especially on holidays and special occasions, either oven-roasted or on a spit.

Cuban cuisine, a world treasure…

Charly Morales Valido

The World Association of Chefs Societies (WorldChefs) has just declared the island''s cuisine a World Intangible Heritage.

La Barca Restaurant

By Maria Grant / Photos by Jorge Pérez

Havana. To eat, drink, share time with friends and at the same time experience the unforgettable instant when a ship enters Havana Harbor or a seagull touches its beak to the waters of this Antillean sea nothing else is like La Barca Restaurant.

Magic Combination

Text and photos by R. Campos

A group of expert tasters recently had the novel idea to sample the almost mythical combination of high quality Cuban products by savouring the connection between chocolate, rum and cigars.