Machine derived contents note: A Taste of Cuba Foreword, by Felipe Rojas-Lambardi -- Introduction -- The Elements of Cuban Cuisine -- Special Ingredients -- Appetizers Shrimp in Garlic Wine Sauce -- Sausage Empanadas with Pimento Salsa -- Plantain Croquettes with Tomato-Cilantro Vinaigrette -- Sweet Rum Shrimp -- Escabeche -- Spicy Crab Cakes with Papaya Chutney -- Papaya Chutney -- Mayonnaise -- Fried Shrimp with Coconut-Beer Batter and Orange Cocktail Sauce -- Conch Fritters with Cilantro Dipping Sauce -- Fruit Salad with Lemon-Lime Dressing -- Soups -- Fish Stock -- Chicken Stock -- Beef Stock -- Sweet Plantain Soup -- Traditional Black Bean Soup -- Chilled Yuca Soup -- Cream of Garlic Soup with Cilantro -- Garlic-Tomato Soup -- Galician Potage -- Cold Cucomber and Avacado Soup -- Shrimp, Corn, and Potato Soup -- White Bean and Tomato Soup -- Conch Chowder -- Chicken and Rice Soup -- Red Bean Soup -- Sweet and Spicy Calabaza Soup -- Vegetable Soup with Lentils and Rice -- Fruits and Vegetables -- Fried Sweet Plantains -- Mashed Green Plantains -- Tostones -- Yuca with Garlic Sauce -- Calabaza Fritters -- Boniatos -- Ajiaco -- Fresh Corn and Red Pepper Tamales -- Peppers Stuffed with Spanish Sausage, Rice, and Tomato -- Vegetable and Cheese Omelet -- Avocados with Vinaigrette -- Rice and Beans -- Long-Grain White Rice -- Black Beans -- Black Beans and Rice -- Yellow Rice -- Yellow Rice and Peas -- Rum-Flavored Black Beans and Rice -- Marinated Black Bean Salad -- Spicy Black Beans with Tomatoes, Onions, and Peppers -- Red Beans and Rice -- Sweet Baked White Beans and Pork -- Tri-Colored Bean Salad with Bacon Dressing -- Chilled Lentil Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette -- Honey-Rum Baked Black Beans -- Black Bean Flan -- Black Bean Chili -- Mold of Yellow RIce with Shrimp, Scallops, and Red Pepper -- Beef -- Ropa Vieja -- Achiote Oil -- Picadillo -- Oxtail Stew -- Palomilla Steak -- Baked Yuca Stuffed with Shredded Beef -- Cuban Pot Roast -- Tamale Pie with Sweet and Spicy Meat Filling -- Spicy Stuffed Peppers with Tomato Sauce -- Meat-and-Onion-Stuffed Turnovers -- Pasteles -- Flank Steak with Port Wine Marinade -- Rolled Stuffed Steak -- Pork -- Braised Loin of Pork with Papaya -- Pork Tenderloin Sauteed with Bitter Orange and Garlic -- Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Papaya Sauce -- Homemade Spanish Sausage -- Cider-and-Mango-Roasted Ham -- Roast Pork with Peppered Black Bean Sauce -- Spicy Ham and Potato Croquettes -- Pork Tails -- Pork Chops in Wine Sauce -- Fried Pork and Onion Patties -- Grilled Garlic Pork -- Cornmeal-and-Raisin-Stuffed Pork Chops -- Hot Pepper Pork Chops with Creamy Gravy -- Sweet and Sour Papaya Pork -- Cuban-Chinese Roast Loin of Pork -- Poultry -- Chicken and Rice -- Chicken and Rice Stew -- Breast of Chicken Al Ajillo -- Spicy Chicken Saute; with Vegetables and Papaya -- Coconut-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Light Cream Sauce -- Country Baked Chicken -- Chicken Croquettes with Sauteed Onions and Peppers -- Roasted Chicken with Papaya Glaze -- Roasted Game Hens with Bitter Orange Glaze -- Sweet and Spicy Cilantro Chicken -- Golden Baked Chicken with Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers -- Crispy Fried Marinated Chicken -- Garlic-Marinated Roasted Chicken -- Pastel de Maiz -- Sofrito Grilled Chicken -- Sofrito Sauce -- Seafood -- Pan-Fried Grouper with Almonds -- Salt Cod, Island Style -- Baked Salt Cod -- Black-Bean-Steamed Snapper -- Tuna Steak with Sweet Red Pepper Sauce -- Snapper in Coconut Sauce -- Lobster and Red Peppers in a Rice Mold -- Broiled Dolphin with Sweet Red Pepper and Papaya Chutney -- Shrimp Creole -- Marinated Conch Salad -- Seafood Stew -- Breaded Shrimp with Tomato-Caper Salsa -- Snapper with Saffron Sauce -- Pompano with Shrimp Sauce -- Spicy Grilled Tuna -- Snapper Grilled in Foil with Cilantro, Tomato, and Onion -- Poached Pompano with Orange-Rum Sauce -- Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce -- Bread -- Cassava Bread -- Cuban Bread -- Tomato-Pimento Bread -- Cheese Bread -- Cassava Rolls -- Sweet Plantain Bread -- Papaya and Raisin Bread -- Almond-Raisin Bread -- Orange Bread -- Spicy Cornbread with Green Chilies -- Churros -- Sweet Cornbread -- Cornmeal Bread -- Coconut Muffins -- Spicy Red Pepper Muffins -- Garlic-Onion Dinner Muffins -- Mango Butter -- Desserts -- Diplomatic Pudding -- Tradtional Flan -- Coconut-Rum Flan -- Country-Baked Almond Flan -- Plantain Custard -- Frozen Rum Mousse -- Baked Rum-Raisin Pudding -- Classic Rice Pudding -- Old-Fashioned Cornmeal Pudding -- Bacon from Heaven -- Fried Yuca Dough with Almond Syrup -- Almond Cookies -- Fresh Coconut and Banana Melt Cream Pie -- Sponge Caked with Rum -- Vanilla Bean Ice Cream -- Flaming Banana Custard -- Coconut Ice Cream -- Mango Ice Cream -- Pineapple Ice Cream -- Guava Ice Cream -- Beveraged -- Cuban Coffee -- Cuban Coffee with Milk -- Iced Cuban Coffee -- Hot Chocolate Coffee -- Rum-Spiked Coffee -- Papaya-Banana Batido -- Guava Batido -- Papaya-Manog Batido -- Spiced Calypso Punch -- Coconut Milk -- Coconut Water -- Cuba Libre -- Presidente -- Mojito -- Rum Cocktail -- Cuban Cocktail -- Cuban Special -- Rum Swizzle -- Super Rum Swizzle -- Lime Daiquiri -- Mango Daiquiri -- Peach Daiquiri -- Pineapple Daiquiri -- Banana Daiquiri -- Piña COlada -- Yellow Bird -- Rum and Coconut Water -- Cold Rum Toddy -- Hot Rum Toddy -- Rum Punch -- Planter's Punch -- Milk Punch -- Sangria -- A Holliday Feast -- Roast Suckling Pig -- Roasted Boniatos -- Roasted Sweet Onions -- Orange-Raisin Cornmeal Stuffing -- Sauteed Butter-Rum Plantains -- Paella -- Rum Rice Pudding -- Index.