• Grape, Olive, Pig

  • Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture (Roads & Kingdoms Presents, Book 2)
  • By: Matt Goulding
  • Narrated by: Will Damron
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (32 ratings)

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Grape, Olive, Pig

By: Matt Goulding
Narrated by: Will Damron
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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 3,000-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.

©2016 Matt Goulding and Nathan Thornburgh (P)2020 Tantor

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Very Exoticating

Listening to his love for food is like hearing the best kind of poetry. I hung on his every word. He clearly put his heart into these pages.

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Tasty and educational

Like taking a culinary trip with friends. Ready for the next one! Cook, eat, travel. Great combination!

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Food, history, & family

A great book about Spain’s food history and how it has been influenced over the years. Family and food. For me, this book is very personal, exciting, and powerful introduction to Spain. I really enjoyed it.

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Captivating!

I loved every word of this book - it was so well written and the narration was so pleasant to the ear. It made me hungry for more travel, good food, and memorable experiences.

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really...so many literary freedoms take.

As a chef, I found the book takes events ad stereotypicals. Translations taken literal. Example "Tocino del cielo" which translates to "heavenly pork belly" because it resembles pork belly....but there is no no pork. The author says it is a "pork flan"...so wrong!!!

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