Clarita's Cooking Lighter

By Clarita Garcia

Cooking lighter, healthful cuisine is rapidly becoming prevalent in the American lifestyle. Clarita Garcia, at age 85, leans to this more beneficial way of life, while maintaining the consistently flavorful cuisine her loyal fans so appreciate. Ybor City's First Lady (of cuisine), Clarita del Palacio Valdes de Garcia, helped make Tampa Florida, the center of Spanish cuisine. Her tapas, tortillas, bolich and tomatoes rellenos are mainstay recipes in Spanish and American homes throughout the United States. Featured in Cooking Light magazine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942084829
• ISBN13: 9780942084825
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Seaside Publishing
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A compendium of delicious, nutritious recipes

In Clarita's Cooking Lighter, 82-year-old Clarita Garcia draws upon her family of distinguished Spanish chefs and restaurateurs, as well as her husband Manuel Garcia's world-famous Las Novedades in Tampa's Ybor City to present a compendium of delicious, nutritious recipes as suitable for family dining as they are festive celebrations. From Fillet of Grouper with Hot Honey Sauce, Baked Chicken Segovia, and Spinach au Gratin with Angel Hair, to Rice Pudding Navarra, Garlic Soup, and Meat Loaf "Italiano", Clarita's Cooking Lighter is a welcome and recommended addition to any cookbook collection.