num_pages: 344
description: Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures flavors and Greek and Roman; Jewish Moorish and Middle Eastern. It has been enriched by Spanish climate geology and spectacular topography which have encouraged a variety of regional food traditions and Cocinas such as Basque Galician Castilian Andalusian and Catalan. It has been shaped by the countrys complex history as foreign occupations brought religious and cultural influences that determined what people ate and still eat. And it has continually evolved with the arrival of new ideas and foodstuffs from Italy France and the Americas including cocoa potatoes tomatoes beans and chili peppers. Having become a powerhouse of creativity and innovation in recent decades Spanish cuisine has placed itself among the best in the world.This is the first book in English to trace the history of the food of Spain from antiquity to the present day. From the use of pork fat and olive oil to the Spanish passion for eggplants and pomegranates Mara Jos Sevilla skillfully weaves together the history of Spanish cuisine the circumstances affecting its development and characteristics and the countrys changing relationship to food and cookery.
language: English
title: Delicioso: A History of Food in Spain
publisher: Reaktion Books