Menu del Dia Classic Recipes from Spain

Menu del Dia Cookbook features more than 100 classic and authentic recipes from across Spain. ----  Format: Hardcover with dust jacket, 177 pages.  Copyright: 2008  Publisher: Simon & Schuster  Author: Rohan Daft  Description: The menu del dia is Spain's equivalent of the prix fixe menu of the bistros of France. On it are good, no-nonsense dishes that are as long on flavor and tradition as they are short on pretension and fuss. Influenced by a unique blend of culinary and cultural influences -- wine from the Romans; rice, cinnamon, saffron, and cumin from the Moors; slow-cooked stews from the Jews; tomatoes, peppers, chocolate, and chilies from the New World -- these are the tastes that have made Spanish cooking as vibrant as it is today. To start, there might be Gazpachuelo, the mayonnaise-enriched shrimp and monkfish soup straight from Mediterranean Malaga, followed by a main course of Fabada, the gloriously sticky stew of pork and white beans from mountainous Asturias, and Bie