Salsa!: A Cuban Kosher Cookbook - 2925

I was born Roman Catholic in Havana, Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida. I returned to the Jewish people via a very lengthy and winding genealogical road that took me decades to unravel. My grandmothers had traveled from country to country living as Crypto-Jews and pretending to be Catholic always taking their cuisine with them. I have documented my history various times in many languages via my first book My 15 Grandmothers and Recipes of my 15 Grandmothers. Given the love that I always had for the kitchen and having been taught to cook not only by my Mom and grandmothers but also by my Dad and grandfathers, I was able to, early on in life, have a deep appreciation for Spanish and especially Cuban food. My Mom died not long ago and the need to keep my ancestral history alive via the food is stronger than ever. Still today, Cuban cuisine is rich and hearty with many layers of flavor enhancing the final dish. There is very little use of processed foods and ingredients in our cooking and while we use many spices, the food is not hot and spicy as so many of the other Latin American countries. Our food is bursting with layers of flavor. I started leading an Orthodox Jewish way of life and keeping kosher many many years ago. My challenge was to incorporate the foods of my early childhood to meet the dietary laws of kosher cooking. I wanted to retain the flavors of my past, yet Cuban cooking is replete with forbidden cuts of meats and shellfish as well as a myriad of other ingredients that are forbidden in kosher cooking. I honed the skill of substitutions to bring this book Salsa! to life. I hope you enjoy the flavors and especially the essence of the cuisine of an Island whose rich past remains only in our memories.
ASIN: B0DMM54X4P
VSKU: BVV.B0DMM54X4P.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Milgrom, Genie
Binding: Paperback