# The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History - Hardcover

by **Ana Sofia Pelaez** (Author), **Ellen Silverman** (Photographer)

Nominated for a **James Beard Award** in the international cookbook category  
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The Cuban Table_ is a comprehensive, contemporary overview of Cuban food, recipes and culture as recounted by serious home cooks and professional chefs, restaurateurs and food writers. Cuban-American food writer Ana Sofia Pelaez and award-winning photographer Ellen Silverman traveled through Cuba, Miami and New York to document and learn about traditional Cuban cooking from a wide range of authentic sources.

Cuban home cooks are fiercely protective of their secrets. Content with a private kind of renown, they demonstrate an elusive turn of hand that transforms simple recipes into bright and memorable meals that draw family and friends to their tables time and again. More than just a list of ingredients or series of steps, Cuban cooks' tricks and touches hide in plain sight, staying within families or being passed down in well-worn copies of old cookbooks largely unread outside of the Cuban community.

Here you'll find documented recipes for everything from iconic Cuban sandwiches to rich stews with Spanish accents and African ingredients, accompanied by details about historical context and insight into cultural nuances. More than a cookbook, _The Cuban Table_ is a celebration of Cuban cooking, culture and cuisine. With stunning photographs throughout and over 110 deliciously authentic recipes this cookbook invites you into one of the Caribbean's most interesting and vibrant cuisines.

### Author Biography

ANA SOFIA PELAEZ grew up in a famous Cuban family as the great-niece of the revered avant-garde painter Amelia Peláez del Casal. Raised in Miami and transplanted to New York, Ana Sofia launched her food blog, Hungry Sofia, in 2008 in an effort to discover the rich smells, heady flavors, and baroque rituals of Latin food. Since then, she has been featured by _The New York Times, InStyle_ magazine, _The Huffington Post_, Food 52, Apartment Therapy's the Kitchn, iVillage, and NBC Latino. She's appeared on the Cooking Channel's "Stay Hungry" campaign and Aarón Loves NY with Chef Aarón Sanchez. Most recently, Hungry Sofia was nominated by Saveur magazine as one of the Best Regional Cuisine blogs of 2012.  
ELLEN SILVERMAN has photographed many bestselling cookbooks including Gwyneth Paltrow's _My Father's Daughter_, Daphne Oz's _Relish_, Karen DeMasco's _The Craft of Baking_, Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner's _Neue Cuisine_, Tracy Zabar's _One Sweet Cookie_, _The Epicurious Cookbook_, and the upcoming Jamaican cookbook by the Rousseau sisters, _Bellyfull_. An exhibition of her photographs of Cuban kitchens was shown at New York gallery Umbrella Arts, and was featured on NPR's _The Picture Show_, on _Gourmet Live, The Splendid Table_, and in _Saveur_ magazine.

**Number of Pages:** 336

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 10.1 x 7.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 28, 2014

**Award:** James Beard Foundation Book Awards (2015)

## Details

- **Price:** 45.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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