About the book
What others think
"Dazzling, exuberant, well-researched, well-written ... I could go on. La cocina Andaluza will never be the same. Magisterial."
Chris Stewart, author of Driving over Lemons and Parrot in a Pepper Tree
"Anyone considering a holiday in southern Spain should not leave home without this book ... An indispensable guide for the hungry, discerning traveller"
Tom Parker Bowles, Mail on Sunday.
Antony Le Ray Cook, editor of the excellent website winedine.co.uk, reviewed the book and said:
"It is one of the most difficult books I have ever been sent to review it is so marvellous that I do not know where to begin. The book is packed with restaurants, shops, fresh ingredients, recipes, plus wine and drink - it is stiff with colour photographs. Every time I pick it up I get hungry, the descriptions be they of the not so humble patata, legumbres, or ajo are splendid. I cannot find fault. Just go and buy it and enjoy the Andalucian experience."
We think his BBCi recommended site is entertaining and informative, check it out at: www.winedine.co.uk
So what will you be buying?
The idea is you can take the book with you on holiday, or keep it in your cookery or travel book collection. The Taste of a Place Andalucia:
· Introduces the region's culinary diversity, and traces how history and geography have contributed to its gastronomic vivacity
· Reviews good restaurants in the well-known cities of Granada, Seville and Cordoba, as well as the smaller towns and cities such as Ubeda, Carzola and Jerez, not forgetting the Costas
· Gives you the low down on tapas: what to expect, what to do and where to eat
· Tells you the best food shops in Málaga, Cádiz and Jáen Seville, Granada and Cordoba, as well as the Sierra Nevada, Sierra Aracena (home to Jabugo and jamón ibérico) amongst others
· Celebrates fabulous sherry and the increasingly good table wines to be found in the region
· Help on where to track down organic food
· Explains how and why food produce and ingredients are used in cooking
· Contains a selection of typical Andalucian recipes
And the book itself is:
• 160 pages, full colour photography throughout
• soft-back cover, with flaps
• 20cms x 20cms square