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Casino do not differ much from those
one would find in corresponding establish–
ments in New York or Paris.
In the homes of wealthy Cuban
families French dishes alternate with
national ones, forming a most happy
alliance.
This little book, therefore, has no
pretention of
bei~g
an exhaustive treatise,
not even a general guide to the Cuban
table. The mode of preparing excellent
cosmopolitan dishes may be found
elsewhere.
I shall limit myself to
indicate the typical ones of the country,
many of which are well worthy of being
known and relished by a wider public.
It will surely be a pleasure for a
hostess to give her guests a surprise,,
presenting them with an exotic dish
right from the Caribbean, offering them
a culinary novelty, which in these days
is a prize-indeed a rare and coveted
prize.
I do not refer to the strange concoct–
ions evolved by eccentric iconoclasts,
breaking every dietetic law and
~asting
to the
~ind
all traditions, such as we
behold in some incongruous and barbaric
salads~
nor can we call a nov.elty futuristic
combinations like those M.arinetti used