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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Spanish: Cookbook Photography Review by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Spanish: Cookbook Photography Review by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget


The cookbook Cookbook: Over 150 Mouthwatering Step-by-Step Recipes by Pepita Arias uses 1 to 3 photos per page of most important steps in recipes to help ensure tasty results with the Spanish dishes she describes.

This book is 255 pages long and packs a ton of information into its pages.  Arias divides the recipes into 8 handy chapters and gives historical information on Spanish cuisine as well as a product education guide.

The 8 recipe chapters are divided this way:

1-tapas
2-eggs and soups
3-salad and vegetables
4-rice and pasta
5-fish and shellfish
6-pultry and game birds
7-meat and furred animals
8-desserts and baking

Arias provides product information on 20 broad categories ranging from barnyard animal products to cheese and sausage to wild game.

There is also a large section on kitchen equipment and dinnerware.

18 pages of the large-size cookbook are devoted to various influences on Spanish cuisine:

1-Moorish-North African Muslim

2-Catholicism-foods for fasts and feasts

3-Sephardim-Spanish Jewish

4-American notably in the form of produce such as peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes

5-Ancient Rome as Spain was one of the largest regions of the Roman Empire

The 4-page spread on Catholic Feast Days and Fiestas can help travelers plan their trips.

Spanish by Arias is a fun introduction to Spanish cuisine whether you plan to cook the food and/or sample it in a restaurant.


By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Click here for:  Ruth Paget's Amazon Books