What Jonathan Gold is eating: <i>Pierna de puerco</i> at El Colmao

Last week, of course, President Obama made an official visit to Cuba, an occasion I like to think of as Nixon in China with plantains.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • March 28, 2016
Last week, of course, President Obama made an official visit to Cuba, an occasion I like to think of as Nixon in China with plantains. Friends of mine think of Cuba and daydream about beaches, colonial architecture and brightly painted 1956 Ford...
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