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 ...

For Sandra Cardet, Cuban cooking is pretty much all about the sofrito. Cardet, founder and co-owner with her son, Alex Guevara, of the Cuban restaurant Havana Grill, explained that “some people around ...

Cuban cooking has diverse roots. This rustic cuisine is a mix of Spanish, French, African, Arabic, Chinese and Portuguese cultures. But this cuisine has a style very much its own. Coastal seafood, ...

It's the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and ...

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 ...

Maricel Presilla, featured in this month's Gourmet magazine, stirs sauces and shares culinary secrets with listeners from her home. And joining me now is Chef Maricel Presilla. She is profiled in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...