The unique blend of cultures in Miami has resulted in a unique cooking style that blends Cuban, Jamaican, American, Haitian, and other Caribbean flavors to create a new kind of flavor that you won’t find anywhere else in the world. This style of cooking has become so popular that several cookbooks are now emerging detailing recipes to try and recreate these incredible flavors. Here are the top 5 currently available.

Miami spices; The New Florida Kitchen; As a winner of the Julia Child Cookbook Award, this book offers a wide variety of recipes to try to recreate the unique combination of Cuban, Latin and Caribbean flavors that has become synonymous with Miami food in recent years. The book also provides details on how to deal with some of the lesser known ingredients used in recipes, as well as directions and information on where you can find some of them.

Mmmmiami; Tantalizing tropical flavors for home cooks everywhere; Written by a cooking teacher and the editor of the Miami Herald’s food section, this book offers recipes that combine Cuban, Jamaican and Haitian cuisine with an infusion of some Jewish flavors to offer a variety of exciting recipes that are easily retrieved. by readers. The book also offers a number of variations (up to eight on some dishes) on many of the recipes, meaning there is something here for even the pickiest of diners.

Miami food; Authentic Recipes from South Florida and the Keys; Not only does this book offer a variety of Miami’s most famous recipes, but it also features input from some of Miami’s most renowned local chefs, who each add their own twist to the dishes. The authors’ enthusiasm for food is also on display in this book and provides additional inspiration for would-be chefs to do their best when trying to recreate the dishes from the book.

Cuba Kitchen !; The tempting world of Cuban cuisine; The book offers recipes for traditional Cuban dishes, as well as more modern Caribbean twists and concoctions. It also contains a comprehensive glossary detailing information on ingredients, preparation methods, and terms, as well as more traditional information.

Tropical cuisine; The New Cuisine of Florida and the Islands; Called ‘Floribbean’, this book offers a new and unique combination of recipes, combining the best of food that the Caribbean and Florida have to offer. This book is probably the most exotic, as it uses a wide variety of interesting ingredients to really create some heat. The fact that it also has 30+ pages of drink recipes is a little incentive for it to warm up before the actual cooking begins.

While these books offer a great opportunity to recreate some of the best cuisine Miami has to offer, nothing compares to reality. So why not search for cheap flights to Miami and book your trip today!

Whether you’re looking for Little Havana or just some of the city’s more traditional restaurants, there is sure to be a variety of flavors that will tickle your taste buds and inspire you to pick up your book once you get home.