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Monday, August 19, 2013

Penelope Casas Spanish Food Author Dies at 70

(Photo/Elisa Casas) Penelope Casas, of Queens, wrote many books and chronicled the tradition of tapas bars, introducing them to Americans. She won national acclaim in Spain too. Penelope Casas, a Greek-American writer from Queens who was an authority on the foods of Spain, and helped introduce Americans in the 1980's to a continental Spanish cuisine distinctly different from its Mexican and ...

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