Classic Spanish Cooking: Recipes for Mastering the Spanish Kitchen

PERFECT LITTLE SIZE. I FLY ACROSS THE STATES ALL THE TIME AND TAKE THIS LITTE GEM WITH ME EVERYWHERE. EASY FOOD. IF YOU LIKE "CLASSIC SPANISH" FOOD, YOU DEFINILY NEED THIS BOOK.

I bought this cookbook two years ago after returning from a month's stay in Spain with a host family. Elisabeth Luard's recipes are as good as I remember my host mom's home cooking being. Every recipe I have made has turned out delicious, especially the recipe for pickling your own olives and the red pepper & wine chicken. One caution though - these recipes take time to prepare, and sometimes use ingredients that are hard to find (or at least for me). However, if you are willing to put in the effort, the results will be worth it! As an added bonus, there is artwork sprinkled throughout the book, painted by Elisabeth Luard herself, that is beautiful. I will be using this cookbook for as long as I can still cook.