>> TO A VISITOR HAVANA LOOKS
LIKE A MOVIE FROM THE
1950s.
CUSTOM CAR SHOWS ARE
EVERYWHERE IN CUBA.
MY HUSBAND IS WILD ABOUT
THEM.
THEY ARE THE MIDSEN TREE --
MID CENTURY MONSTERS.
THEY WERE BROUGHT DOWN AFTER
THE REVOLUTION.
WE ARE IN A 1957 FORD
CONVERTIBLE.
IT IS SMOOTH.
>> KEEPING THESE CARS ON THE
ROAD AND RUNNING IS A TRUE
TEST MEANT TO THE INGENUITY OF
THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
NOW BACK TO LIZBETH'S
WONDERFUL KITCHEN.
>> SHE IS CUBAN LEBANESE.
THEY MAKE A CUBAN STYLE OF
LEBANESE DISHES.
WE HAVE A PORK IN THE OVEN
THAT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE LAST
NIGHT.
IT IS BEAUTIFULFULLY CRISP.
WE WILL MAKE -- AS WE SAY
FRIJOLES, BLACK BEANS AND
RICE.
SHE HAS YUCCA AND WE MAKE A MO
JO FOR IT THAT HAS [SPEAKING
SPANISH].
IT HAS PORK FAT AND A LITTLE
LIME.
AS SHE CUTS THEM -- [SPEAKING
SPANISH]
THE THINGS LEFT OVER FROM THE
MARKET POTATOES THAT ARE IN
HIGH DEMAND IF THEY ARE LEFT
OVER IN THE MARKET WE WENT TO
TODAY, THEN WE SELL THEM IN
THE OTHER MARKET.
AND THEY ARE USUALLY SOLD A
CERTAIN AMOUNT PER FAMILY.
LIZBETH IS THE SECRETARY TO
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO
SHE IS BUS
>> SHE SAYS SHE TAUGHT THEM BY
TELEPHONE HOW TO COO
>> HE HAS BECOME AN EXPERT ON
SOUPS.
[SPEAKING SPANISH
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM IN
CUBA.
THIS IS KIND OF INSAN
I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO SEE IT
IS DONE THE RIG WAY THEY GOT
HERE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO A
THEY HAVE HERBS AND SPICES AND
THE THING IS NOBODY KNEW HOW
TO USE THEM.
THEY WOULD SELL THEM AND ABOVE
IT WOULD HAVE THE NAME.
THE NEXT WOULD SAY YOU CAN USE
WITH THIS, THIS, THIS AND
THIS.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO SHE STARTED
USING ROSEMARY AND THYME.
THEY NEVER GOT THEM NATURAL.
THEY ONLY GOT THEM DRY.
SHE SAYS SHE LOVES IT AND IT
IS GETTING THAT A LOT OF HER
COOKING.
SHE IS USING THE LIQUID FROM
THE FRIJOLAS.
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
>> OH MY GOODNESS WE ARE IN
CUBA AND USING A PRESSURE
COOKER.
THERE IS NOTHING BETTER IN
LIFE.
SO AWESOME
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
>> FOLKS, IT DOESN'T GET ANY
BETTER THAN THAT.
ROASTED LEG OF PORK.
JUST BEAUTIFUL
>> [SPEAKING SPANISH].
>> FIRST IS THE RED BELL
PEPPER
[SPEAKING SPANISH
>> THAT IS THE FAT FROM THE
PORK, ALL OF THE RENDERINGS.
THE PORK WAS RUBBED WITH
OREGANO, SALT, LIME AND SOUR
ORANGE.
[SPEAKING SPANISH
>> THAT'S HER HUMAS SHE HAS
MADE
>> SHE PUREES IT.
AND THEN SHE ADDS TH
MAYONAISE.
SHE IS ADDING FRESH UH ITALIAN
PARSELY AND SMALL BAGS OF
YELL CRUNC
THE REFRIGERATOR IS IN THE
OTHER ROOM.
SHE GETS WHAT SHE CAN GET AND
SHE MAKES WHAT SHE CAN
I GUESS THAT'S HOW IT I
YOU MAKE DUE WITH WHAT YOU
CAN.
IT IS OVERWHELMING.
IT IS SAD, BUT AMAZINGLY
JOYOUS TO SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN
DO SO MUCH WITH SO LITTL
SHE IS TOPPING THE RICE.
THAT'S A LOT OF PORK
GOODNESS.
SHE IS STRAINING IT INTO THE
PAN.
GARLIC, SOUR ORANGE AND LIME.
>> SHE CAN NEVER REALLY HAVE A
RECIPE -- YOU CAN'T REALLY
PLAN A DINNER.
YOU DON'T SAY THIS IS WHAT I
WANT TO GET FROM THE MARKET
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU WILL FIND.
YOU PUT IT OVER THE PORK AND
PUT IT IN THE OVEN TO WARM IT
A LITTLE BIT
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL
TO CHEF EDDIE.
CHEF EDDIE IS ACTUALLY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CULINARY
SCHOOL HERE IN CUBA, IN HAVANA
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM
HERE FOR DINNER TONIGHT
THE CHEF SAYS WE ARE IN THE
PRESENCE OF A TYPICAL CUBAN
DINNER.
A TOUCH OF LEBANESE.
NOT ONLY DOES SHE HAVE A GOOD
HEART, BUT SHE HAS A GOOD HAND
WHICH FOR COOKING IS BASICALLY
EVERYTHING
>> I AM THANKING HER FOR
WORKING SO HARD.
SHE WORKED FOR THREE DAYS ON
THIS.
[SPEAKING SPANISH
>> THE SMELL, THE AROMAS
COOKING LIKE THE MOTHERS COOK
IS WHAT TRULY IS THE BASE OF
THE CUBAN COOKING
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
>> MORE THAN 50% OF TH FOOD
HERE WAS DRY AND NOW THEY ARE
TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO TAKE
AWAY THE FAT.
I WAN TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE WITH US AND I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU
I STILL HAVE TO FIND MY CUBAN
COFFEE.
DON'T GO AWAY.
>> NEXT, I CHECK OUT A JOINT
AND A COCKTAIL MADE FAMOUS
WHEN WE RETURN TO "SO FLO