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- ↑ Roden, Claudia (16 March 2011). "Shabbat Meals: Claudia Roden's Chicken Sofrito". The Forward. The Forward Association. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ↑ Marks, Gil (2010). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 555–556.
- ↑ Laniado Tiroche, Limor (2012-02-02). "Longing for Sofrito". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 August 2019.