Photo of the Day: Cooking with Tobacco

(AP) — A chef breaks cigar leaves into a measuring instrument as he prepares a dessert seasoning during a cooking event at the 15th Cigar Festival in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.

A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with Cuba into baked stone bass filets, bread and butter, a rich demi-glace sauce, even ice cream. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)