Havana Salsa Stories and Recipes

Name: Havana Salsa Stories and Recipes
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ISBN: 9780743285179

ISBN-10: 0743285174

ISBN-13: 9780743285179

Edition: 2006

Authors: Viviana Carballo

List price: $18.99

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With more than seventy mouthwatering recipes throughout,Havana Salsais the vibrant memoir of Viviana Carballo and her extraordinary childhood growing up in Cuba. A collection of stories about her large, extended family -- an eccentric group who conducted their lives against the extraordinary backdrop of Havana -- Carballo recalls the 1940s and 1950s when Havana was a nonstop party, and food and music defined the culture, until Fidel Castro took power in 1959, and she was forced to leave her beloved country. With each delightful family memory, Carballo showcases the food of her culture and a delectable recipe, beginning with her childhood in the forties (calabaza fritters, sweet plantain…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication date: 8/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Viviana Carballo was born and raised in Havana. She earned the prestigious Grand Dipl#244;me at the Cordon Bleu in Paris and has studied regional cuisine in Spain. Her articles have been published in several national magazines, and she currently writes a weekly food column for the Orlando Sentinel and El Sentinel. Carballo is also a respected food consultant and recipe developer for the Hispanic market. She has traveled extensively and has lived in Manhattan and San Francisco and now resides in Miami.