La Nueva Ropa Vieja a new take on an old Cuban recipe Published: Feb. 25, 2008, 3:42 p.m.

Countless cooks have stories of learning family recipes at the apron strings of their parents, passing culinary traditions down from one generation to the next. That was not the case for food writer ...

Excerpted with permission from Cuban Flavor: Exploring the Island’s Unique Places, People, and Cuisine by Liza Gershman. Copyright 2018 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc ...

Traditional Cuban ropa vieja is a stew made of beef, rice, and vegetables, but we've rounded up 16 versions, from the classic recipe to ones made with chicken, pork, and even jackfruit for ...

The name "ropa vieja" translates to "old clothes" in Spanish, and playfully references the way the shredded appearance of the tender stewed beef sort of resembles an old and very tattered piece of ...

A Southerner and prolific cookbook author, Nancie McDermott gathered 75 recipes for her new book, “Southern Soups & Stews.” There are many variations of gumbos, shellfish stews and hoppin’ John, but ...

Ropa vieja brings Cuban-Americans a sense of place and Cuban emigres a sense of progress — but the comfort is universal.

This restaurant's sampler platter includes croquetas, masas de cerdo, tamales, yuca fritas and tostones served with criolla ...

Ramses H. Batista, one of Cuba’s best-known photographers, shares a recipe for Ropa Vieja on the Big Green Egg, which will be included in his forthcoming cookbook, "The Flavors of the Caribbean." ...

This recipe for ropa vieja comes from “Latin American Paleo Cooking” (Page Street Publishing), a new book by Amanda Torres, the founder of the food and health website The Curious ...

Omar Cadena didn’t want to make ropa vieja, much less quesa’ropa, at Omarcito’s, his debut restaurant in Chicago. “My sous chef and I were watching all these kids everywhere doing all these ...