Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Camaguey, Dec 10. - The Mexican newspaper Ruta, from Tulancingo, dean of the press in the State of Hidalgo, reflects in its 4088 edition the solidarity work in that city and projects of the chef Camagüey, Frank Rodríguez Pino.
With headline and photo on the front page Cuban Flavor and text on page 23, the publication highlights the book A la mesa con Fidel, prepared by Rodríguez Pino, in which he will also highlight the gastronomy of Tulancingo and will resume historical aspects, from when in 1956 Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara were in the city, hosted at the hotel Café España, to buy weapons and undertake the fight against the regime of Fulgencio Batista.
The Cuban chef gives an interview to the publication, in which he refers to Fidel and Che's historic visit to Tulancingo and also of the prestige of the city's culinary mentioned throughout the Caribbean.
Pino, author of numerous texts of Cuban and universal cuisine, commented to Ruta, on dishes of Camaguey and reported on his next book that contemplates culinary tastes of the leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Frank Rodriguez Pino is also the author of the texts Comer con identidad y Cocina útil, the first worthy of third place in the international competition (which took place on the Chinese island of Macau) and the second, awarded as Best Cookbook in the World, Paris, 2011, sponsored by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
In Camaguey, Pino organized a photographic exhibition At the table with Fidel. They are snapshots of Cuban and foreign lens artists, published by different press agencies, reflecting culinary tastes of the Commander-in-Chief, their link to the people.
The authors captured those decisive moments in which Fidel shares dishes of Cuban food, in workplaces, schools and other scenarios.
The viewer will be able to visualize, among other images, a very special one in which Fidel tastes food with inhabitants of the Ciénaga de Zapata,
The protagonists remembered hearing the noise, or spotting the light of the helicopter that unexpectedly landed on a plain in the village of Soplillar.
The photograph reflects Fidel, who has a pleasant dialogue with the coalmen of the area at that memorable dinner, on December 24, 1959. It was the first time in Cuba's history that a prime minister has sat at the table with the poor.
Photos of the statesman tasting Creole food with members of the Bla Roca Contingent and pioneers, among other people, are also exhibited.
The images are included in the book project A la mesa with Fidel de Rodríguez Pino. It also recreates these beautiful experiences of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro with personalities, including religious and writer Frei Betto, former footballer Diego Armando Maradona, former Venezuelan president and President Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, respectively, as well as with Cristina Fernández (Argentina) and Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (Ecuador). (Text: Lázaro David Najarro Pujol) (Photo: Courtesy of Frank Rodriguez Pino)
