The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook by Adela Hernandez Gonzmart and Ferdie Pacheco is all about good food! It includes a history and information on The Columbia Restaurant which is the nation's largest Spanish restaurant and the oldest restaurant in Florida with several locations all run by family members of the founding family.

This cookbook is a wonderful hardback book with 178 recipes that made the restaurant famous and brought friends back time and time again. There is a section with a few pages of full color photographs of dishes but there are many black and white photographs throughout the book with descriptions.

The book is divided into several chapters with some interesting reading including:

List of recipes in English
Lista de Recetas en Espanol
Preface
One - The Spanish-Cuban Heritage of Florida Cooking
Two - Breakfast at the Colubia
Three - Casimiro I: The Romance Begins
Four - Casimiro II: The Golden Years
Five - The Columbia Family
Six - Don Quixote Gets Dressed Up
Seven - When the Violin Chased the Piano
Eight - Adela and Cesar, Newlyweds on the Road
Nine - Return to the Columbia
Ten - Children
Eleven - Wine
Twelve - The Columbia Saga Continues
Glossary
Index

The recipes are under these topics:
Eggs and Omelets
Soups
Salads
Appetizers and Snacks
Drinks
Meats
Fish and Seafood
Beans and Rice Dishes
Chicken and Turkey
Sauces
Pasta
Vegetables
Desserts

Some of the delcious recipes offered in this cookbook include: Spanish Pickled Shrimp, Stuffed Eggplant, Congo Squares, Seafood Rice Columbia, Chicken Marengo, Catalana Sauce, San Isidro Salad, Filet of Tenderloin Capuchina, Lobster Cognac, Eggs with Vegetables, Shrimp and Ham, Crazy Soup, Cuban Sandwich, Bataan Royale, Pompano Papillot, Spanish French Toast, Pasta with Crab in White Sauce and many more!

The Columbia Restaurant has been in business 100 years now and has it's own Columbia Centennial Museum where you can see more about the history of the restaurant and where many celebrate such occasions as Parties, Showers, dinners, Receptions, Bat Mitzvahs, and Bar Mitzvahs. You can purchase the cookbook by calling (813) 247-2469, or at the website: www.columbiarestaurant.com. It's definitely a must have for anyone who loves the Spanish cuisine and great food!