Cuban Food: The Five Cuban Cuisines

Cuban food is a combination of Native American, Spanish, Caribbean, and African food. When Spain inhabited Cuba they had African slaves, Those factors along with where Cuba is located, provided the Cuban food we know today. Because Cuba is an island there is a lot of seafood in Cuban dishes. Cuba is in the Caribbean so it is only natural that Cuban dishes involve things that grow in their Caribbean environments, plantains, coconut, yucca and other tropical fruits and root vegetables are a big part of Cuban cuisine, many of these fruits also ended up in drinks. Dinks like the Cuba Libre, daiquiris, Mojito, Ron Collins and Presidente. All of these are very popular, acording to Roughguides.com these are the “5 Cuban Classics” . All of these are