Spain a Culinary Road Trip

Mario Batali

This is very different from his previous works being a gastronomic tour around Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow and joined by Mark Bittman who won the Julia Child general cookbook award for How to Cook Everything and actress Claudia Bassols.

Spain... A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the popular television series Spain.... On The Road Again wehere we see the foursome's trip across Spain showing not only the gastronomy but culture, art and history of Spain and its regions too.

There are over seventy recipes with many more fabulous photos of food and their travels and anyone who saw the television series will recognise some of the anecdotes on the pages.

The tour of Spain beginning in Madrid travels to Toledo to take in the windmills of Don Quixote and to learn the art Manchego Cheese making.

The wine country in the north around Ribero del Duero sees Batali grilling a lechazo lamb among the grape vines while in the heat of Andalucia the famous chilled Salmorejo is sampled and added to the recipe collection.

The incredible tour of Spain that starts and ends in Madrid covers the following regions chapter by chapter.

Madrid to Toledo
Tembleque to Lugo
Cambados to Santiago de Compostela
Bilbao to Elciego
Vitoria to San Sebastian
Barcelona to Girona
Granada to Cordoba
Salamanca to Segovia
Sant Carles de la Rapita to Roses
Oviedo to Covadonga
Mallorca to Menorca
Valencia to Madrid

This book is big, not only in size but value, it’s amusing and informative, a travel book and cookery book all in one and the photography is superb.

To tempt your taste buds and to add to your travel wish list this book will inspire, both in the kitchen and the travel plans.

As a present for a keen chef it’s perfect but for those who’d rather eat than be in the kitchen it also has great entertainment value. It’s an inspirational book for anybody and everybody but especially lovers of Spain.