Pizarro's message couldn't be simpler use fresh, good-quality, seasonal ingredients and they will speak for themselves. Season by season, he explores his favorite ingredients from different Spanish regions, the culture and history behind them, and how best to use them with his exceptional yet simple recipes. With anecdotes about typical Spanish pastimes and stories from his youth growing up on a farm in Extremadura, this is a truly Spanish approach to the cuisine, which has integrity and charm.
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Much more than a basic collection of tapas recipes, this beautifully illustrated volume from an acclaimed, London-based chef offers an intimate introduction to Spanish culture and a vicarious tour of the Spanish countryside. Divided into seasonal categories, the mouthwatering, authentic recipes incorporate basic ingredients and preparations that don’t require advanced skill; this is simple, exquisite food as families prepare it, not elaborately constructed culinary towers, and Pizarro encourages improvisation and blending of dishes. A native of Extremadura, Spain, Pizarro offers lengthy personal stories and explanations with each dish, and frequent passages delve further into subjects such as vinegars, Christmastime, the mantaza (or traditional pig slaughter), mushroom gathering, and, of course, Spanish wines. Full-color portraits of both the completed dishes and seductive, amber-sunlit scenes of Pizarro dining outdoors with friends and family give the book coffee-table appeal while reinforcing the sense of both a cuisine and a country. Much has been written recently about Spain’s current culinary renaissance. This title celebrates traditional recipes and will surely arm home cooks with a new repertoire of household favorites. --Gillian Engberg
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"Maybe it's the Ferran Adrià-effect, but I use more Spanish ingredients than ever before, and am tempted to put smoky pimentón de la vera in every meat dish and cook every vegetable with chorizo. José Pizarro's SEASONAL SPANISH FOOD has helped me apply the culinary brakes, and appreciate the subtlety you can achieve with 'pan-fried pimentón chicken' served with olive-oil mashed spuds. There's a recipe using the same spice for the (very tasty) American signal crayfish that are menacing Mr. Pizarro's Spanish inland waterways..." --Wall St. Journal (London), "Best Food Books of the Year 2009"
"Without a doubt one of the best, true Spanish cookbooks ever written. Throughout the book you will find recipes and stories that make you wish you were there." --Jose Andres
"Without a doubt one of the best, true Spanish cookbooks ever written. Throughout the book you will find recipes and stories that make you wish you were there." --Jose Andres
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Easy to follow recipes. Excellent flavors!,
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This is a great Spanish cookbook. The flavors will "esplode" in your mouth as Jose Andres likes to say. I recommend it for any aspiring Spanish (not Mexican) cook.
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Great recipe book,
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I rarely buy recipe books, but this one was super special. It has very unique and simple recipes that evoke Spain. The photos are gorgeous and the stories that the author pairs with his recipes are priceless. Beautifully put together!
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This is currently my favorite Spanish cookbook from among a great selection that I have that includes Penelope Casas, Jose Andres, and Carlos Arguinano. He takes traditional recipes using fresh seasonal ingredients but adds a twist to them. For example, one favorite recipe is Zucchini Soup which smooth and silky and a great use those extra zucchini that needs to used up.
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