Food from Spain

A new book about traditional Spanish food is cause for celebration.

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19th May, 2012

Claudia Roden, one of the most respected cookbook authors in the English-speaking world, has a significant new book out. The Food of Spain: A Celebration (Penguin, $60) took her five years towrite, such is her scholarly approach to research and recipe checking. It follows other authoritative works, including the award-winning The Book of Jewish Food (Knopf, 1996), which took 16 years, and books on Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Italian cuisines. Without her, it might have taken the world another 10 years to find hummus. Spanish cuisine has made the most extraordinary ...

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