The famous Swiss food company Nestlé receives the support of the Federation of Culinary Associations of the Republic of Cuba (FACRC), whose chefs see with good eyes a recent recipe book of the firm.
The fusion of cultures in Cuban cuisine; present trends in handling food and beverages; pairing of spirits, habanos, chocolate and coffee and after meal cocktails are among the issues open to debate during the tenth edition of the Gourmet Varadero International Festival, on June 26 thru 29 at the Plaza America Convention Center.
Cuba's most famous restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio is turning 68 years old open in Old Havana, an emblematic scenario for tourism that grows here every day.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.