Cuban American Food

Located barely ninety miles from Key West, Florida, Cuba is the largest island nation in the Caribbean. It is a slender, crocodile-shaped island with fertile soil and a moderate tropical climate. The cuisine of the island was created by the native Taino (Arawak) Indians and transplanted peoples from four continents: Caribbean Indians and some from Florida brought to work in the mines, Spanish colonists, African slaves, Chinese contract workers, French refugees from Haiti, and peasants from Jamaica and Haiti.