Spanish Tapas
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Spanish Tapas introduces you to wonderful Spanish snacks. Tapas is a Spanish way of life. It is a taste of the sunshine and relaxation that people crave. The key to making good tapas is to use the correct ingredients and these are detailed in the book together with alternatives you can use. There are forty tapas recipes for you to make so that you can produce fantastic Spanish tapas yourself.
Using the recipes in the book you will be able to put together a range of tapas dishes for your own pleasure and for entertaining guests at parties and family get togethers. Tapas recipes don't have to be difficult, and this book shows you plenty of easy ones so that you can quickly get into making the dishes. As you gain confidence you can mix in some more difficult recipes so that you will think that you are in a Tapas bar in Spain itself.
Spanish Tapas allow you to indulge in a little bit of Spanish life. You can make a relaxing evening consisting of fantastic food, good conversation and even a few glasses of your favourite Spanish wine. Tapas dishes provide an ideal alternative to the worn out finger buffet format. These little dishes of pleasure are great when you are entertaining family friends or even business colleagues. Your guests will be bowled over with your culinary ability. This is despite the fact that a lot of tapas dishes can be put together very easily moments before your guests arrive. There are such a range of tapas that can be created that you are sure to produce food that everybody can enjoy. If you want an alternative for entertaining or just want to be reminded of your lazy times on holiday in Spain you should make sure that you get this book and enjoy the real taste of Mediterranean life.
Elisabetta Parisi
Elisabetta Parisi loves all forms of cooking and food preparation. She experimented over the years with so many different kinds of cooking, from across the world, that she thought it was time to share her knowledge with as many people as she could. The first book that she wrote was called 'Homemade Pasta Dough' and came about due to her passion for all forms of pasta. This book was a great success and she produced an expanded second edition which was also put out as a paperback. The book still enjoys great success to this day. Since success with the first book she has written several other books on cooking both Italian food and food from other parts of the world including Tapas and Kebab style food. Elisabetta likes to give good value, and as a result she always includes as many recipes as she can in each book. The recipes are easy to follow and include enough detail to ensure that you will get great results. If you like cooking food you should definitely invest in the books that Elisabetta has written. She is always looking for a different slant on the world of food, so you can look forward to many other new books being published on Smashwords in the near future.
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Spanish Tapas - Elisabetta Parisi
Spanish Tapas
By Elisabetta Parisi
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Elisabetta Parisi
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Spanish Produce
Have a Tapas Party
Spanish Tapas Recipes
Recipes Index
Recipes
Conclusion
About the Author
Back to Contents
Introduction
Various tapas
From their humble beginnings in Spain, tapas have become popular throughout the world with new tapas bars springing up everywhere. I even noticed recently that our local supermarket had its own range of tapas for sale. Add to this the number of people going to Spain on holiday, and having a real tapas experience, it is no wonder that there is a great interest in creating tapas at home, no matter where you live in the world.
There are a number of ideas about the origin of tapas. The word actually means ‘cover’ or 'lid'. One suggestion is that it started by people covering their wine glass with a slice of bread to stop fruit flies getting in. This then became a way of serving food. Another idea revolves around the fact that people in Spain usually eat standing up in bars and the plate was usually put on top of their drinking glass so that they could eat. Others think that some bar owners found that strong cheese could cover up the taste of bad wine and as a result offered free cheese slices when they were served wine. What ever their origin, tapas have evolved into both a way of life and a fantastic way to combine food and wine.
Anybody who has been to Spain can only be impressed by the array of tapas foods displayed in the many bars and the attitude of the Spanish when it comes to eating and drinking. The Spanish like to drink wine, and eating tapas between drinks means that they aren’t drinking on an empty stomach. In the past, farm workers ate the tapas and the wine and this