The Barcelona Cookbook A Celebration of Food, Wine, and Life

319 Pages·2009·10.43 MB·English

by  Sasa Mahr-Batuz

the barcelona cookbook
copyright © 2009 by Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy
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The Barcelona cookbook: a celebration of food, wine, and life / by Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy
Pforzheimer with Mary Goodbody; photography by John Blais.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
E-ISBN: 978-0-74079068-3
1. Cookery, Spanish. 2. Cookery, Mediterranean. 3. Tapas. 4. Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar.
I. Pforzheimer, Andy. II. Goodbody, Mary. III. Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar. IV. Title.
TX723.5.S7M2865 2009
641.5946—dc22
2008032696
Design: Diane Marsh
Food Styling: Jennifer Prichett Photos courtesy of Sasa Mahr-Batuz: i, v, x, xiv bottom, xv, xvi
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106, 111, 116, 117, 123, 127, 129, 132 right, 134 top right and left, 136, 139, 140, 155 right,
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Cover design by Tim Lynch and Cover photography by John Blais
To Zaneta and Zelie, and to all the talented, hardworking people at Barcelona
contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Cocktails and Wine
Cold Tapas
Hot Tapas
Main Courses and Party Dishes
Desserts
Sources
Metric Conversions and Equivalents

acknowledgments
This book would not be possible without the genius and creativity of
chefs both past and present: Martha Hartley, Bill Rosenberg, Dave Curtis,
Jose Palacios, Pedro Garzon, Elder Morales, Antonio Saldana, and Victor
Sanchez all have invented and perfected the dishes that appear on these
pages. Pedro and Adam Halberg have shaped the menus for the company
as a whole, and Lisa Varnberg, in addition to creating some Barcelona
classics, spent countless hours testing and transcribing recipes that were
little more than scribbled notes on crumpled paper when she got them.
Gretchen Thomas poured her encyclopedic knowledge of wine onto
these pages. Mary Goodbody worked day and night to turn our thoughts
into words and even spent time shivering in fish coolers and butchering
steaks. Jean Lucas, Kirsty Melville, and Tim Lynch at Andrews McMeel
believed in Barcelona and in us enough to see this book through from
beginning to end, and Jane Dystel, our inimitable agent, made the whole
thing happen. We are deeply indebted to them for handling the hard
part so that we could continue making tapas, pouring wine, and serving
tables.