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La Paella: Deliciously Authentic Rice Dishes from Spain's Mediterranean Coast

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Jeff koehler's recipes comprising LA PAELLA: DELICIOUSLY AUTHENTIC RICE DISHES FROM SPAIN'S MEDITERRANEAN COAST requires access to fresh seafood for success. That said, this is a culinary recipe collection that packs in paella rice/seafood dishes on nearly every page - and adds a few non-seafood dishes from rabbit to pork to boot - making for an excellent survey of the varied tastes of paella. Color photos of Spanish dishes and finished paellas liberally pepper a survey which lends to beginner use: dedicated gourmet club members and community libraries strong in ethnic cookbooks will find it a very appealing addition to their collections.

La Paella is really great book. It describes the history of Paella, various in Paella depending of geographical location and gives you great tips to make the best Paella ever. I mean it. Just don't forget to get right Paella pan.

I like rice. A lot. I value it almost as highly as my eyes, and possibly a bit higher than my hands.

I got this a few hours ago, so I haven't cooked from it, but I have sat around reading it. I like it. One recipe caught my eye for its oddness. It calls for thyme stems, with the leaves and flowers discarded. I can't say I've ever seen a recipe do that. I've seen lots that want the flowers in the pot and the stems discarded, and plenty that want both leaves and stems.

The recipes are diverse. My first flip through it looked to me like it was heavy on rabbit, and snail. A subsequent investigation tells me that it is much more diverse. I skimmed over at least one vegetarian recipe (I think there are actually three of them), as well as diverse dishes calling for all manner of fish and crustacean, plus rabbit, pork, snail, mushroom, squid ink, and vegetable. It is a bit heavy on snails. But I'm sure you can leave them out of some of the dishes.

Overall I'm far more happy about this purchase than I thought I would be.

This book is for a good cook that loves paella. It walks you thru the technique, the basic ingredients and than provides a variety of wonderful recipes.

I received this book for Christmas and was very excited about making paella over the holiday break. The intro is very informative regarding the pan and ingredients. When I read the Fisherman's Paella recipe, it appears to have some steps missing. In the recipe, clams and mussels are cooked ahead but nowhere does it tell what to do with them, only the clam broth. It says to cook the shrimp for two minutes each side. The recipe never says to remove them, but they are readded with the fish. As a paella novice, I thought the book would be more explicit. Will try Rosa's Shellfish Paella since all ingredients are accounted for although I am concerned about cooking the shrimp so long. The prawns are removed after 10 minutes, but not the shrimp.
Ah ha, in subsequent recipes, I found the clams are added with the rice and the mussels at the end. The Mixed Poultry and Seafood Paella recipe does say to remove the shrimp after cooking for two minutes each side. I will try to piece this all together for the Fisherman's Paella and hopefully will be successful.

I have come to find out that searching for the "right" Paella book has been a personal quest. I am very happy to share that my journey is over! I find La Paella to be an easy read. I have just started to season my paella pan and I look forward to trying out the many recipes this book has to offer. Also received book very quickly.

Looked at some different Paella cook book. This one was really impressive. Not just receipts, but if you have only tasted it but never before made it your self, it tells you everything you need to know how to make it. Highly recommend this book. Better then the other ones I have looked at.

Book was truly new. It was small but had the relevant information that reflected the title.

was a birthday gift for my father, he really enjoyed using it. very happy with the service, also