Sezvo yekutanga uye yekupedzisira yeSpain koloni muCaribbean, zvokudya zveCuba zvine zvisungo zvakasimba kune simba reSpain . Munguva yenguva yekoloni, Havana yaiva gorosi rinokosha rekutengeserana nevashambadzi vekuSpain vakapfuura nepakati peguta vasati vatamira kune mamwe maguta uye zvitsuwa. Vakawanda vevakabva kune dzimwe nyika vaibva kumadokero eSpain; saka zvikafu zvakawanda zveCuba zvinotangira muAndalucía.
Kuchinja uye kuparara kwehukama hweUnited States muna 1961 kwakanyatsochinja chikafu cheCuba.
Cuba yakabviswa kubva kune iyo inotengeswa kunze uye yaifanira kuwana zvimwe zvekuchengetedza hupfumi hunoenda. Apo Fidel Castro akazivisa revolution Marxist-Leninist, hukama hwavo hwakasimbiswa neSoviet Union. Zvitsva zvekudya zvitsva zvakapinda kudya kweCuban pamwe chete negorosi, pasta, pizza uye yogashi kuva zvakakosha. Nyuchi nehove zvakatangira kupfuura yenguruve, kunyange nyama yenguruve ichiri nyama yekusarudza. Nzombe nemafuta zvinenge zvanyangarika kubva mukudya.
Zviitiko zvezana remakumi maviri nemazana zvakakonzera zvakanyanya kudya kweCuba. Nokuti mutemo weUnited States unorambidza kutengeserana neCuba, chitsuwa ichi chakamanikidzwa kushandura kudya kwayo. MuCuba, iwe haugoni kuwana simba reAmerica pane zvekudya zveCuba. Zvisinei, muAmerican Cuban munharaunda dzakabva kune dzimwe nyika dzakadai seMiami, kuAmerica kunowanikwa mune zvokudya zveCuban uye mapeji.
Zvokudya zveCuban zvinotenderera zvakanyanya pamidzi uye tubers, zvakadai semaranga, mbatatisi, boniatos, uye yucca. Zvimwe zvokudya zvekuwedzera zvakasanganisira miti, mabhanana, uye mupunga.
Zvimwe zvinodya unogona kuziva kuti Moros y Cristianos (nyemba nyemba uye mupunga), lechón asado (inononoka yakakangwa yenguruve), uye pollo en salsa (chicken mumuchu). Uyewo, tortilla muCubha inongova majee omelet uye haina kufanana neTexican tortilla. Cubans vanoda pizza, zvakare. Zvimwe zvipfeko zvinonakidzwa zvinosanganisira ham, chorizo, uye anyezi.