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Spain…A Culinary Road Trip (Hardcover)
by Mario Batali (Author), Gwyneth Paltrow (Author)
Book Details
* Hardcover: 384 pages
* Publisher: Ecco (October 21, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0061560936
* ISBN-13: 978-0061560934
* Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1.4 inches
* Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
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Book Description
From Mario Batali, superstar chef and author of Molto Italiano and Italian Grill, comes an eating tour throughout Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
Spain…A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the prime-time public television series Spain…On The Road Again. The premise is simple: Mario Batali and Mark Bittman are single-minded, food-obsessed friends who are constantly on the lookout for the food, wine, and cooking that is unique to Spain–and in this series they will find it. Gwyneth Paltrow and the Spanish actress Claudia Bassols are eager to enjoy all the pleasures the country has to offer, and each pair will be lured into the worlds of the other.
The foursome take the ultimate road trip adventure, showcasing the pleasures of Spain, the country’s regional cuisine, art, history, and culture, as they’ve never been seen before. Hundreds of gorgeous and candid photos, anecdotes, and more than seventy recipes from Mario appear in this scrapbook of the dream vacation through Spain.
Spain A Culinary Road Trip Review
I have to admit my purchase of this book had less to so with the presence of Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover than the appetizing recipe for slow-roasted chicken on page 245. A quarter-pound of diced pancetta, a quarter-pound of diced pork sausage, two cups of chicken stock and one big chicken…six hours in a pot in a low-heat oven, and you have slow-roasted chicken. That’s the kind of easy, rustic cooking that even I could execute. Even though Batali is known more for his Italian roots, he is quick to point out in the book’s introduction that his passion lies in Spanish cuisine since he spent his formative years with his family traveling through the Iberian Peninsula. His focus with this pleasing combination travel and cookbook is on the time-honored classic dishes which rely on fresh ingredients more than fancy kitchen techniques. For an in-and-out cook like me, that is the primary draw of this book.
Spain on the Road Again, the tv show plus book, is a complete fantasy come true. I love it. It may help that I have been to about half the places in Spain that they describe, but it is beautifully done escapism. The recipes I’ve tried are great. The book is totally worth it, from one who almost never buys cookbooks.
The title says, “Road Trip.” If you are looking for “Culinary” refer to Jose Andres but not this. Very nice views of Spain and strange friends enjoying each other although a real mixed bag. The previous viewer/owner seems lukewarm and is correct in assessing the video version particularly as to Batali. If I had not been able to purchase this at a very favorable price I would have been very disappointed. Only a few interesting receipts but in all to very unsatisfying.
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