They brought over their recipes for dishes such as seafood salad, paella, Cuban crab tamales, and shredded roast beef with bacon marinated in sour orange juice. All these comfort foods became ...

The biggest difference between Cuban tamales and Mexican tamales is that in Cuban tamales, the meat (usually pork) is mixed in with the dough of the tamale, instead of being used as a filling.

Elvira’s Cuban Cuisine, 1738 W. Eisenhower Blvd., is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Wednesday. More information as ...