Product Description

This title contains more than 300 great Spanish recipes with in-depth information on regional specialities. This inviting volume takes readers on a culinary tour of Spain's great gastronomic regions - savour slow-simmered stews, delicately spiced sauces, and honeyed sweets. Learn how to make authentic paella, and - of course - create amazing tapas dishes. "Cooking in Spain" features over 300 great Spanish recipes and includes tips on how to buy the best ingredients, how to prepare them in the kitchen, plus a complete Spanish-English glossary with more than 500 culinary terms, a handy conversion guide and easy-to-use index to recipes and ingredients. This will become an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to create a true taste of Spain in their own kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #387753 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

About the Author
Janet Mendel is an internationally acknowledged authority on Spanish cooking, she has been writing about the subject for more than thirty years.

Customer Reviews

The best spanish cook book I have ever found
This book is so good I am going to have to get a couple of extra copies for my friends. It explains everything you need to know about shopping in spain, and cooking Spanish food. Unlike some cook books the recipies are authentic and simply written. Good introduction to ingredients, regional information and methods used. I don't live in Spain so it is still applicable and all the more interesting for those who don't.

my favorite and best cookery book
Bought this on a holiday to Spain where I didn't like Madrid much but loved the food. Since then have made loads of the recipes in this book. They are all fabulous! Often simple, sometimes with really few ingredients but delicious. Can't rate it highly enough.

Best Spanish Cookbook EVER!
My Mother bought this book about 20 years ago via the ex-pat magazine Lookout and it's been used so many times they have had to purchase a new copy. I still have the original (with foodstains included!) and according to my Father who is Spanish and was a Food and Beverage Manager for a Major International Hotel-Chain for over 20 years, this book is the best book he has ever found on the subject.

Janet Mendel has collected these recipes by travelling into the villages of Spain and asking the local women to show her what is what and how to cook it.

If you love Spanish cooking this book is indispensable. Alternatively, 1080 Recipes by Simone Ortega is also good but not as simple as this book.