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Grape, Olive, Pig
Roads & Kingdoms Presents (Related to this series)
- Author
- Matt Goulding
- Narrator
- Will Damron
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 27 October 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Cookery / food and drink, Cultural studies: food and society, National and regional cuisine, Society and culture: general, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Travel and holiday, Travel guides: hotel and holiday accommodation guides, Travel and holiday, Travel guides: restaurants and cafes
What to expect
Grape, Olive, Pig reveals hidden gems and enduring delicacies from across this extraordinary country, contextualizing each meal with the stories behind the food in a cultural narrative. Whether you've visited Spain or have only dreamed of bellying up to its tapas bars, Grape, Olive, Pig will wake your imagination, rouse your hunger, and capture your heart.
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Details
- Author
- Matt Goulding
- Narrator
- Will Damron
- Duration
- 8 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705245125
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Cookery / food and drink, Cultural studies: food and society, National and regional cuisine, Society and culture: general, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Travel and holiday, Travel guides: hotel and holiday accommodation guides, Travel and holiday, Travel guides: restaurants and cafes
Synopsis
Matt Goulding introduces you to the sprawling culinary and geographical landscape of his adoptive home, and offers an intimate portrait of this multifaceted country, its remarkable people, and its complex history. Fall in love with Barcelona's tiny tapas bars and modernist culinary temples. Explore the movable feast of small plates and late nights in Madrid. Join the three-thousand-year-old hunt for Bluefin tuna off the coast of Cadiz, then continue your seafood journey north to meet three sisters who risk their lives foraging the gooseneck barnacle, one of Spain's most treasured ingredients. Delight in some of the world's most innovative and avant-garde edible creations in San Sebastian, and then wash them down with cider from neighboring Asturias. Sample the world's finest acorn-fed ham in Salamanca, share in the traditions of cave-dwelling shepherds in the mountains beyond Granada, and debate what constitutes truly authentic paella in Valencia.Grape, Olive, Pig reveals hidden gems and enduring delicacies from across this extraordinary country, contextualizing each meal with the stories behind the food in a cultural narrative. Whether you've visited Spain or have only dreamed of bellying up to its tapas bars, Grape, Olive, Pig will wake your imagination, rouse your hunger, and capture your heart.
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