The book opens with an illustrated glossary of essential Spanish ingredients from chorizo to sardines to prepare & inspire the first-time home cook. There's a big chapter naturally on tapas
- those tasty snacks traditionally eaten with sherry & pre-dinner drinks
- that are probably the best-loved & well-known of Spanish foods. There are many seafood recipes & piquant vegetable accompaniments as well as classic desserts many with a Moorish influence such as crema catalana that are sure to delight.