Aboy Valldejuli, Carmen.
Cocina Criolla
. Santurce, Puerto Rico. Ed. Valldejuli, 1977. The most famous and loved cookbook from Puerto Rico; available in both Spanish and English. Includes an impressive list of Puerto Rican foods as well as culinary advice.
Aboy Valldejuli, Carmen.
Juntos en la cocina Aretra
, La. Pelican Publishing Co., 1986. Different from her classic Cocina Criolla in that this consists of a collection of her personal recipes, collected over the years.
Cabanillas, Berta.
Puerto Rican Dishes
. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Ed. Universitario, 1977. A supplement to the Valldejuli cookbook.
Davila, Vivian.
Puerto Rican Cooking.
Seacus, N.J.. Castle Books, 1988 Another cookbook of Puerto Rican cuisine, with helpful cooking hints.
Lambert Ortiz, Elisabeth. The Complete Book of Caribbean Cooking. New York, N.Y.:Ballantine Books, 1993. Great recipes from the Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and others.
Ortiz, Yvonne.
A Taste of Puerto Rico.
New York, N.Y. Dutton, 1994. A recent collection of dishes from Puerto Rico.
Romano, Dora R.
Cocine Conmigo
. San Juan, Puerto Rico, Artes Grafcas Medinaceli,1980. Beautifully illustrated cookbook with favorites such as “bacalaito” and “coquitos.”
Stallworth, Lyn.
The Brooklyn Cookbook
. New York, N.Y. Knopf, 1991. Puerto Rican recipes as told by a Puerto Rican in Brooklyn.
Urrutia Rendelman, Maria & Joan Schwartz.
Memories of a Cuban Kitchen
. New York, N.Y.: MacMillan Pub. Co., 1992. Excellent glossary of food in a Cuban pantry; recipes show the Cuban flavor.