The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook

by Adela Hernandez Gonzmart and Ferdie Pacheco

Book Overview

In this narrated cookbook, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart and Ferdie Pacheco memorialize their passion for the Columbia, the nation's largest Spanish restaurant and Florida's oldest restaurant. This special... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813014034
• ISBN13: 9780813014036
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The best cookbook you'll ever own!

The Columbia restaurant is the oldest spanish restaurant in the US and the very best! Their succulent recipes are all here and I have tried them. My dishes tasted just like the ones I have eaten there! The history of the restaurant, told in this book, has tears, laughter, romance, tragedy, triumph and above all, and incredible love for this, our country. This book is indispensable in my kitchen and my house is always full of company because of it. Recipes that are many generations old, made with love. Beautiful book.

A cookbook with history

I visited both the Columbia restaurant in Ybor City and in Clearwater,and I had to buy the book,the recipes are wonderful,specially the seafood dishes,but,what I liked the most was the actual story about Tampa and the family that owns the restaurants,I finished the book feeling like I knew the family since ever!!!.If you are not around Florida right now,I'll suggest you to buy the book,and if you are in Florida and anywhere close to any of the Columbia restaurants,make a dinner reservation right now!!,and then,buy the book.

Greatest Gazpacho ever!

I've had the pleasure of eating at this restaurant in historic Ybor City and even bought my autographed copy of this book there. It's one of the many reasons to want to live in Tampa; the food, the culture and so many entertaining stories are expressed thoroughly in this cookbook. It's very simple to understand and follow and even if you never make one dish from all of the delicious recipes you will enjoy it for the great recollection of the childhoods of the authors. I highly recommend buying this book (and visiting the actual restaurant if you ever get the chance!)

A phenomenal cookbook filled with the most exquisite recipes

The Columbia Restaurant is a historic and famous restaurant in Florida. Located in historic St. Augustine and in Tampa, restaurant connoisseurs are sure to talk about the fine Spanish cuisine served here. The cookbook lists many of the Columbia's most popular recipes. From traditional tapas to a delectable flan, the book is absolutely loaded with exquisite recipes. The book also gives a detailed history with picutres of this infamous restaurant. If you cannot make it out to this fantastic restaurant for yourself, the cookbook will be a close second to capturing the Spanish ambiance and fine cuisine.