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"This is the perfect recipe for those who love the flavors of a classic Cuban pork roast but are cooking in small quantities. Typical of Cuban fare, these are full of tropical flavors but not spicy. The garlic and lime pair beautifully in a fragrant marinade. Though you can marinade as briefly as an hour, for best results let the pork soak up to 6-8..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh ground pepper...

"Eating Well newsletter, April 2007. A nice finish to a summer meal or a delicious breakfast! You can use pineapples, grapefruit, papaya, or even melon slices."

Ingredients: limes, mangoes, orange juice...

"A refreshing cocktail for an armchair visit to the Caribbean."

Ingredients: Bacardi light rum, ice...

"This is a Cuban recipe from Three Guys from Miami Cook Cuban. Make sure to use an extra virgin olive oil and don't forget to salt and pepper the dressing. This salad gets its sweetness from pineapple and a bit of sour flavor from the oil and vinegar"

Ingredients: limes, olive oil, orange juice...

"This is a childhood favorite that conjures up memories of growing up as a gringa in South Florida and sitting in the open air Cuban Cafes and indulging on these sweet pastries! These pastries are wonderful with a café con leche!! They were a special treat that we were allowed to have on occasion for breakfast. It is actually one of the few..."

Ingredients: cream cheese, guava paste...

"While this originates in Cuba it's typical of latin cusines throughout Mexico and South America."

Ingredients: Hass avocadoes, olive oil...

"A tasty marinade to use on meats, chicken, tempeh, and fish!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried thyme...

"This took me less then 5 minutes to throw together but it took an hour to chill. To put it on turkey sandwiches was given by TexasHurricane in her review. I think I found this on an Avocado web site."

Ingredients: ground cumin, garbanzo beans...

"SO tasty and easy too; they turn out so pretty an pink. Recipe from Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood, MO."

Ingredients: club soda, fresh lime juice...

"I came about these not just tasty but pretty cubes when I was making mojitos. I went overboard squeezing limes and had 1 1/2 cups of juice left over so I tossed in lime and mint and walla! If you skip the sugar it will be very tangy the way I enjoy it.
Do use these in lemonade, juice, punch, ice teas, cocktails of choice........."

Ingredients: fresh lime juice, lime wedges...

"Ernest Hemingway loved his libations strong. This drink, which contains a double shot of rum, was named for him, the father of the double shots, Papa Dobles. The drink, as with many Cuban cocktails, is strong, tart, and limey. From "The Florida Keys Cookbook" and posted for ZWT5."

Ingredients: grapefruit juice, key lime juice...

"A 'coctel' in old Havana was a pre-dinner cocktail party with finger food and a variety of rum drinks. Bacardi white rum had its birth in Cuba, so it is a natural pairing with the nectar of the guava or 'guayaba', one of the most popular and most widely used fruits in the Cuban culture. From "The Florida Keys Cookbook" and..."

Ingredients: carbonated lemon-lime beverage, grenadine...

"From Splenda"

Ingredients: nonfat milk, reduced-fat cream cheese...

"This is a childhood favorite that conjures up memories of growing up as a gringa in South Florida and sitting in the open air Cuban Cafes and indulging on these sweet pastries! These pastries are wonderful with a café con leche!! They were a special treat that we were allowed to have on occasion for breakfast. It is actually one of the few..."

Ingredients: eggs, simple syrup, lard...