Winner of the 2017 IACP Award: Literary or Historical Food WritingGourmand World Cookbook Award Winner: Culinary TravelAmazon Best Book of November (2016): Cookbooks, Food and WineFinancial Times Best Books of 2017: Food and TravelGoulding is pioneering a new type of writing about food.
Whether you\'ve visited Spain or have only dreamed of bellying up to its tapas bars, Grape, Olive, Pig will wake your imagin.
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 complemented by stunning color photography.
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.
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.
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.
Explore the movable feast of small plates and late nights in Madrid.
Fall in love with Barcelona\'s tiny tapas bars and modernist culinary temples.
Otherwise, there\'s something deeply wrong with you.
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.
As Anthony Bourdain said: Any reasonable, sentient person who looks to Spain, comes to Spain, eats in Spain, drinks in Spain, they\'re gonna fall in love.
The second in their series of unexpected and delightful gastro-tourism books, Grape, Olive, Pig is a deeply personal exploration of a country where eating and living are inextricably linked. (Financial Times)Crafted in the same refreshing (AP), inspirational (Publishers Weekly) and impeccably observed (Eater.com) style that drove Rice, Noodle, Fish, Roads & Kingdoms again presents a book that will change the way readers eat and travel abroad.
His new book on Spain offers little cooking advice but an inquisitive foodie intellectual\'s experience.
His last book, Rice, Noodle, Fish, took an immersive approach to Japan that combined travel, social observation and Food lore.
Winner of the 2017 IACP Award: Literary or Historical Food WritingGourmand World Cookbook Award Winner: Culinary TravelAmazon Best Book of November (2016): Cookbooks, Food and WineFinancial Times Best Books of 2017: Food and TravelGoulding is pioneering a new type of writing about food
