Malanga, Yuca, Boniato and Calabaza: A Cuban Root Vegetable Guide
A plain guide to Cuban viandas: what malanga, yuca, boniato and calabaza look like, how they taste, how to cook them, and why yuca is not yucca.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Buñuelos Cubanos
Buñuelos cubanos are yuca and malanga figure-eights fried crisp and soaked in anise syrup. The Christmas recipe from our Cuban kitchen in Tampa.
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Casabe: The Taíno Bread That Outlived the Taíno
What is casabe: the Taíno flatbread of bitter yuca, how the poison gets pressed out, how Spain adopted it, and why yuca is still a Cuban side today.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Yuca con Mojo
Learn to make authentic Cuban yuca con mojo: tender cassava under a hot garlic, sour orange and olive oil sauce. The recipe our Tampa kitchen uses every day.