Synopses & Reviews
From Mario Batali, superstar chef and author of Molto Italiano and Italian Grill, comes an eating tour throughout Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
Spain...A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the prime-time public television series Spain...On The Road Again. The premise is simple: Mario Batali and Mark Bittman are single-minded, food-obsessed friends who are constantly on the lookout for the food, wine, and cooking that is unique to Spain—and in this series they will find it. Gwyneth Paltrow and the Spanish actress Claudia Bassols are eager to enjoy all the pleasures the country has to offer, and each pair will be lured into the worlds of the other.
The foursome take the ultimate road trip adventure, showcasing the pleasures of Spain, the country's regional cuisine, art, history, and culture, as they've never been seen before. Hundreds of gorgeous and candid photos, anecdotes, and more than seventy recipes from Mario appear in this scrapbook of the dream vacation through Spain.
Synopsis
From Mario Batali, superstar chef and author of Molto Italiano and Italian Grill, comes an eating tour throughout Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
Spain...A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the prime-time public television series Spain...On The Road Again. The premise is simple: Mario Batali and Mark Bittman are single-minded, food-obsessed friends who are constantly on the lookout for the food, wine, and cooking that is unique to Spain and in this series they will find it. Gwyneth Paltrow and the Spanish actress Claudia Bassols are eager to enjoy all the pleasures the country has to offer, and each pair will be lured into the worlds of the other.
The foursome take the ultimate road trip adventure, showcasing the pleasures of Spain, the country's regional cuisine, art, history, and culture, as they've never been seen before. Hundreds of gorgeous and candid photos, anecdotes, and more than seventy recipes from Mario appear in this scrapbook of the dream vacation through Spain."
Synopsis
A companion to the primetime, 13-part series airing on PBS in fall, this text follows food-obsessed friends Mario Batali and Mark Bittman, along with actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Claudia Bassols, on the ultimate food adventure, showcasing the pleasures of Spain's art, history, culture, music, and food as never seen before. Recipes from Batali are included.
About the Author
Mario Batali is one of the most recognized and respected chefs working in America today, with fourteen restaurantsincluding his New York City flagship, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, as well as two restaurants in Los Angeles and three in Las Vegasand a host of television shows, including the ever-popular
Iron Chef America. He is also the author of eight cookbooks, among them the James Beard Award-winning
Molto Italiano, the
New York Times bestsellers
Italian Grill and
Spain...A Culinary Road Trip, the companion book to his prime-time PBS series
Spain...On The Road Again. He has received such accolades as a
GQ Magazine Man of the Year Award and the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef.
Mario splits his time between New York City's Greenwich Village and northern Michigan with his wife and their two sons. He started the Mario Batali Foundation in May of 2008 with the mission to feed, protect, educate, and empower children.