Alicia of the plump bottom and expectations of the high life likes to bring prospective suckers to her place, where her mum, Margarita, will concoct such a repast that the sucker will be well and truly, well, suckered. In Daniel ChavarrÃa’s tale of Cuban amorality and yuppiedom-at-any-cost, Adios Muchachos, here is what Margarita has to [...]
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Haute Cuisine Faux Cuban
Posted in books, cuba, food, tagged books, cuba, Daniel ChavarrÃa, food on 10/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ajiaco Sailor-Style
Posted in books, cuba, food on 18/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Right. It’s final and authoritative now. For some reason that eludes me, crime fiction authors in foreign tongues incorporate lavish descriptions of local foods and cuisine to – what’s that Wodehousian expression? – ‘add verisimilitude to an otherwise bland and unconvincing narrative.’ I’ve noticed this now in a couple of Latin authors (Italian and Spanish), [...]
