Tampa Tradition of Baking Cuban Bread With Palmetto Leaves at Risk

Demond Kemp, 48, and Rogger Berrocal, 63, of Tampa separate palmetto fronds into individual leaves to be sanitized at La Segunda Central Bakery in Ybor City. Lauren Witte/Tampa Bay Times/TNS

By Paul Guzzo From Tampa Bay Times

Tampa—For as far back as anyone can remember, Tampa bakers have used palmetto leaves to make Cuban bread.