Reviews for Entrevistas Cubanas: Historias de una Nacion Dividida

The average rating for Entrevistas Cubanas: Historias de una Nacion Dividida based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-10 00:00:00 Devin Jessee (3.5) This is a family memoir first and a foodie memoir second. The chapters may be named after signature dishes, but each one is devoted to a different member of the extended Morgen's restaurant dynasty of New York City Jews and designated by a featured family photograph. Within chapters the material is arranged in short vignettes, giving Volk a chance to dredge up everything she has heard or remembers about the Lithuanian great-grandfather who introduced pastrami to America, or the grandfather who became a famous demolitionist, or the great-aunt who made the front page of the paper for being held hostage by a would-be burglar for seven hours in her apartment at the age of 84. My favorite chapter wasn't about a relative at all but about the family's longtime housekeeper, a black woman named Mattie (two of her recipes, for steak and chocolate-iced cake, are the only ones in the book). I might have preferred more in the way of a chronological narrative, but you develop a fondness for all these odd characters and their preferences, food-related or otherwise.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 David Borci i know a lot of people -- including my wife -- love this book but i found it boring in the extreme and gave up halfway through. it's all bragging about her family (who are somewhat colorful...at least to her), all snapshots, and absolutely no story. i find it amazing it got so many good reviews. i wanted to throw it across the room...it was so annoying. this book is probably a hoot if you're a member of the author's family but for me, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....