What are some good books on Spanish and Cuban cuisine? What authors do you recommend?
I want something authentic. I can cook and do not mind spending a few hours in the kitchen. I want good traditional recipes – no smoothing quasi recipes for the weak. I have to Creole cuisine is the bible of cookbooks Cuban but it is in Spanish and my Spanish is rusty. I need that is a book in English. Penelope Casas is supposed to be the author of Spanish cookbooks for, but what are some other books / authors you recommend? I am also interested in Catalan cooking (Spain) or a book that specializes in paella.
I love Catalan cuisine. For several years I have vacation in the area of Barcelona when I was still living in Germany. Here in the U.S. I found these two books and I love Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret by Colman Andrews Catalan Country Kitchen: Food and Wines of the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast to Barcelona … by Marimar Torres and this is a Cuban cookbook great Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen Lafray Joyce Good Appetite
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