ʻOiai ka'āina Paniolo mua a hope hope loa i ka Caribbean, he mau pilina koʻikoʻi nō kaʻai Cuban i nā mana Pelekānia . I ka wā o ko Koloneta, he wahi waiwai kālepaʻo Havana a me nā poʻe malihini mai Sepania i hele ma ke kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka neʻeʻana i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale a me nā mokupuni. He nui ka poʻe malihini mai Sepania hema; no laila nui nā kīʻaha Cuba i Andalucía.
ʻO ka hoʻokahuli a me ka uhakiʻana o nā alakahana US ma ka makahiki 1961 ua hoʻololi maoli i ka meaʻai Cuban.
Ua hōʻokiʻiaʻo Cuba mai kona kumu lawe mai i nā huahana a ua loaʻaʻo ia i nā kumuhana'ē aʻe e mālama ai i ka hoʻolālā. I ka wā i hōʻike aiʻo Fidel Castro i ka hoʻololiʻo Marxist-Leninist, ua hoʻoikaikaʻia ko lākou pilina me ka Soviet Union. ʻO nā huahana hou i komo i kaʻai Cuban me ka huapalaoa, pasta, pizza a me ka yogurt e lilo i mea nui. ʻO ka puaʻa a me ka iʻa ka mua o ka puaʻa, akāʻo ka puaʻa ka iʻa o ke koho. Ua hala aku ka pipi a me ka paila mai kaʻai.
ʻO nā hanana o ke kenekulia 20 i nui ka hopena i ka meaʻai Cuban. Ma muli o kaʻaeʻana o ke kulekele US i ke kālepa me Cuba, ua hoʻokauʻia ka mokupuni e hoʻololi i kānaʻai. Ma Cuban,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka pilina oʻAmelika i nā meaʻai Cuban. Eia naʻe, i nā kaiaulu malihiniʻApelika Cuban e like me Miami, nāʻAmelika e noho nei ma ka meaʻai a me ka mea Cuba.
ʻO nā meaʻai Cuban e hilinaʻi nui ana i nā aʻa a me nā tubers, e like me ka malanga, kaʻuala, ka ponia, a me ka yucca. ʻO nā meaʻai'ē aʻe,ʻo ia nō nā mea kanu, bananas, a me ka raiki.
ʻO kekahi mau kīʻaha āu e hoʻomaopopo ai,ʻo ia nō Moros y Cristianos (paʻi piʻi a me ka raiki), asado lelo (kaʻiʻo puaʻa liʻiliʻi), a me pollo en salsa (ka moa i ka milo). Eia kekahi, he tortilla ma Cuba he huamoa egg egg aʻaʻole e like me kahi tortilla Mexican. Makemakeʻo Cubans i ka pizza. ʻO kekahi punahele punahele e pili ana i ka ham, chorizo, a me kaʻaila.