Ferdie Pacheco

Ferdie Pacheco (1927–2017), who as a teenager worked in the Columbia Restaurant as a waiter, served as Muhammad Ali’s personal physician and was the author of many books, including Ybor City Chronicles, Pacheco’s Art of Ybor City and Tales from the 5th Street Gym: Ali, the Dundees, and Miami’s Golden Age of Boxing.

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Nino Pernetti's Caffè Abbracci Cookbook

His Life Story and Travels around the World

University Press of Florida
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The Christmas Eve Cookbook

With Tales of Nochebuena and Chanukah

University Press of Florida
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Tales from the 5th Street Gym

Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing

University Press of Florida
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The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook

University Press of Florida

In this narrated cookbook, Adela Hernandez Gonzmart and Ferdie Pacheco memorialize their passion for the Columbia, the nation’s largest Spanish restaurant and Florida’s oldest restaurant. This special 115th anniversary edition of the The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook features a touching foreword by Andrea Gonzmart Williams, granddaughter of Adela.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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