Miami Spice: The New Florida Cuisine
by Steven Raichlen
from Workman Publishing Company

Editorial Review:

"The new star of the culinary galaxy is South Florida," declares The New York Times. And no wonder. Out of America's tropical melting pot comes an inventive cuisine bursting with flavor--and now Steven Raichlen, an award-winning food writer, shares the best of it in MIAMI SPICE. With 200 recipes and firsthand reports from around the state, MIAMI SPICE captures the irresistible convergence of Latin, Caribbean, and Cuban influences with Florida's cornucopia of stone crabs, snapper, plantains, star fruit, and other exotic native ingredients (most of which can be found today in supermarkets around the country). Main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books. Winner of a 1993 IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award. 96,000 copies in print.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Fabulous!
  I'm just echoing the other reviews but this is truly a great cookbook. Great information! I love using local ingredients and really just enjoyed reading through this cookbook. Its a really good resource when hosting out of town guests too, gives them the local flavor.

• wide variety of tasty Floridian dishes and recipes for your tastebuds
  I bought this book many years ago. Only now (2008) did I connect that this author is the same author of several of my other cookbooks. He has his own show and books that now focus strictly on Barbecue and grilling. This book is billed as New Florida cuisine so be prepared to try some new ideas and recipes related to Miami and Florida - South/ caribbbean. Several of the recipes that I have tried have been very good (cilantro corn vinagrette, tangerine tuna, turkey picadillo and Cuban turkey). Many more... more info

• Fantastic cookbook!
  I just bought this cookbook for a friend. My copy is well used already and is one of my favorites. I haven't made a recipe in it that we didn't just love. Some of the recipes are now standard company fare in our house, especially the whole grilled beef tenderloin with fire and spice and the black bean salad with mangos and shrimp. There's a lot of fun background information to read about the different ingredients and recipes, too. An excellent cookbook - highly recommended!

• Good information
  Good information about tropical fruits and vegtables. It reads like a good novel.