Tag: D. Rodriguez Cuba

D. Rodriguez Cuba in South Beach

By Mark Thompson on March 22, 2010

For years, New York gourmands seeking the kind of Italian cuisine that Mamma used to make have flocked uptown to Rao’s in Harlem. But why should Italians own the market on comfort food-and particularly when Cuban cuisine has been for … Read More

Open: New World Culinary Symphony: OLA @ Sanctuary

New World Culinary Symphony: OLA @ Sanctuary

By Mark Thompson on December 9, 2009

Twenty years ago, a little-known and very young graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, opened an upscale Cuban restaurant in Coral Gables, Florida-and within months, the restaurant Yuca had established chef Douglas Rodriguez as a formidable … Read More