Tapas: The Essential Kitchen series [Hardcover]

Richard Tapper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2001 | Series: Essential Kitchen Series

In taverns across Spain you'll find folks enjoying a variety of small snacks, also known as tapas. Perfect for entertaining and quick meals, this practical guide shows you how to make your own tapas at home. Full of delectable photographs and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Tapas is a wonderful introduction for cooks interested in creating these fun snacks.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"A whole cookbook devoted to those delicious Spanish appetizers." -- Quick and Light

"If you canÕt travel to Spain, but want to experience this unique cuisine, you can try it yourself with Tapas." -- Metro Editorial Syndicate

About the Author

Richard Tapper works as a caterer and freelance writer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Periplus Editions; Hardcover with Jacket edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755455576
• ISBN-13: 978-9625939346
• ASIN: 9625939342
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,891,465 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Separate Style of Cusine, July 30, 2001

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Jane Hall (Akron, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tapas: The Essential Kitchen series (Hardcover)

"Tapas" contains step-by-step recipes of authentic Spanish flavors from the interior of Spain and it's surrounding islands as well as some of the author's own creations. Richard Tapper takes you on a Spanish culinary tour that includes such mouth-watering and flavorful foods like Stuffed Artichokes, Chorizo and Olive Empanadas, Spicy Hard-Boiled Eggs, Shrimp Omelette, Cheese Marinated in Tarragon and Garlic, Mallorcan Pizza, Moorish-Style Kabobs, and Sangria (well, yeah!) Don't put a lid on your next tapas party. The author suggests serving tapas in Spanish crockery and to have Spanish classical guitar music playing in the background to help create an authentic Spanish bar atmosphere. Buen provecho!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tapas: The Essential Kitchen, August 30, 2006

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David W. Allen "pooks hill" (La Grande, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tapas: The Essential Kitchen series (Hardcover)

Clearly written instructions. Good photographs. The 10 recipes I have prepared were all good.

For the most part ingredients were readily available.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not outstanding, December 7, 2008

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Megan Romer (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tapas (Tuttle Mini Cookbook) (Hardcover)

For a recent tapas party that I was cooking for a fairly large group of friends and family, I stocked up on tapas cookbooks, and this was among my finds. Though the two recipes that I did end up trying from this book (clams in piquant tomato sauce and lamb brochettes) both turned out satisfactory, there wasn't much else that I wanted to try, or that didn't look better in a different book. There's lot of "filler" here - 4 "different" empanadas (though the only difference was in the filling), mussels and clams with the exact same preparations, etc.

The repetitive recipes, though, might be good for a beginner cook who has limited experience in substitution and other doctoring techniques, but for an advanced cook, this book seems overly basic, somewhat lacking in inspiration, and really just not the best buy for your money.

Try the El Farol cookbook instead... you'll be glad you did!