Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain - Softcover

Casas, Penelope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394742354 ISBN 13: 9780394742359

Publisher: Knopf, 1985

Synopsis

More than 300 wonderful tapas recipes (traditional Spanish appetizer dishes). Offers carefully selected menus to make the work easy and to ensure a beautifully balanced array of delicious, unusual and colorful dishes. 8 pages of full color photos.

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Review:

Tapas are more than savory appetizers. "They represent a style of eating and way of life," says Penelope Casas, whose Tapas: the Little Dishes of Spain presents more than 300 recipes for the mouth-watering morsels. "So very Spanish, yet adaptable to America," she says, "they cross the line into what we think of as first course or main course dishes."

In chapters such as Tapas in Sauce; Marinades, Patés, Salads, and Other Cold Tapas; and Tapas with Bread or Pastry, Casas provides a definitive selection of the traditional Spanish bar food--dishes to pass out at a gathering, to serve on a buffet, or to make a party of. Readers wishing an introduction to this versatile food, and the culinary culture in which it thrives, will want this bestselling book.

The recipe array is vast. Sauce or ragout-like tapas include Shrimp and Mushrooms in Almond Sauce, Scallops with Cured Ham and Saffron, and Veal Meatballs in Spicy Chorizo Sauce. Endives Filled with Salmon and Shrimp Melon and Apple Salad are two examples of the many tantalizing cold tapas. Prawns Grilled with Garlic Mayonnaise, Lamb Brochettes, and the Three-Layer Omelet, a mixed-egg and vegetable tortilla, are hot-from-the-stove, show-stopping tapas. Including eight pages of color photos, a glossary of ingredients, menus, and a list of recommended Spanish tapas bars, the book is a complete tapas tour. Cooks at all skill levels will find dozens of these tasty little morsels to make and enjoy. --Arthur Boehm

About the Author:

Penelope Casas is the author of La Cocina de Mamá, Paella!, ¡Delicioso!, Discovering Spain, and The Foods and Wines of Spain. She has written about Spanish food and travel for The New York Times, Gourmet, Saveur, and Bon Appétit. She lives in New York and regularly hosts culinary tours of Spain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0394742354
• ISBN 13: 9780394742359
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248