For a guy who writes a lot about Cuban cuisine, I did not grow up loving it. I’m a first generation Cuban American but I grew up loving spaghetti and my mom’s meatloaf a lot more than her Cuban picadillo (a ground beef dish that’s often mixed with potatoes or other vegetables), fricase de pollo… Read More Making the Abuela Special: Cuban bistec de palomilla (thin pan seared steak with onions)
There once was a restaurant in South Miami called Casa Lario’s. It was tucked away a block off the walkable main stretch of Sunset Drive, across US1, that is the epicenter of South Miami dining and entertainment. Casa Lario’s was my favorite Cuban restaurant and then, one morning around six or seven years ago, it… Read More The Croqueta Diaries: CasaCuba
Miami’s greatest asset is its Cuban coffee ventanitas and the best snack to accompany your coffee is the humble Cuban-style croqueta. I can’t have a cafecito without one and you shouldn’t either. There are good, bad, and acceptable versions of croquetas all over South Florida but life is too fleeting a venture to have bad… Read More The Croqueta Diaries: Sergio’s
A good Cuban cafécito is one of life’s great indulgences. Much like a perfectly cooked dry-aged steak, or a sip of a masterfully crafted spirit like a 20 year-old Pappy Van Winkle, you’re ruined forever after the experience. You’ll make all of your friends sick with descriptions of toasted chocolate, fluffy caramel foam, and your… Read More How to make Cuban coffee (café)
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