Basque Country: A Culinary Journey Through a Food Lover's Paradise

The 2019 IACP Award for Best Book of the Year went to "Basque Country: A Culinary Journey" by Marti Buckley. The book offers an authentic look at the traditions of the region, with more Michelin-starred restaurants per capita than any other region in the world. It combines intensely ingredient-driven recipes with stories of Basque customs and the Basque kitchen, and vivid photographs of both food and place. The book emphasizes the marriage of simplicity and refinement and the joy of cooking for family and friends.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 320 pages
\n Publication date: 11 September 2018
\n Publisher: Artisan
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Winner, 2019 IACP Award, Best Book of the Year, International

Named one of the Best Cookbooks of the Year / Best Cookbooks to Gift by the New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, Rachael Ray Every Day, National Geographic, and more

“Truly insider access, an authentic look at the traditions of one of the most incredible culinary regions of the world.” —José Andrés

Tucked away in the northwest corner of Spain, Basque Country not only boasts more Michelin-starred restaurants per capita than any other region in the world, but its unique confluence of mountain and sea, values, and tradition informs every bite of its soulful cuisine, from pintxos to accompany a glass of wine to the elbows-on-the-table meals served in its legendary eating clubs.

Yet Basque Country is more than a little inaccessible—shielded by a unique language and a distinct culture, its an enigma to most outsiders. Until now.

Marti Buckley, an American chef, journalist, and passionate Basque transplant, unlocks the mysteries of this culinary world by bringing together its intensely ingredient-driven recipes with stories of Basque customs and the Basque kitchen, and vivid photographs of both food and place.

And surprise: this is food we both want to eat and can easily make. Its not about exotic ingredients or flashy techniques. Its about mind-set—how to start with that just-right fish or cut of meat or peak-of-ripeness tomato and coax forth its inherent depth of flavor.

Its the marriage of simplicity and refinement, and the joy of cooking for family and friends.

\n Weight: 1170g\n
Dimension: 270 x 197 x 27 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781579657772\n \n