Havana Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Cuba has bread and pork, but not enough vegetables. The food we were served was never warm enough. Cuba is not a place for vegetarians, picky eaters, or the gluten free.” ~Elinor Robin, PhD On 26 April 1954, CBS-TV aired the 93rd episode of I Love Lucy. Watching the rerun decades later was essentially my introduction to Cuban food…sort of. In the memorable episode Ricky decides to quit show business and open up a diner in which Cuban food would be the featured fare. The Ricardos enter into a precarious partnership with their friends and neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz. Because Fred and Ethel have the diner savvy and Ricky has the name that brings in diners, unequal division of…