Tapas Revolution: 120 Simple Classic Spanish Recipes

by Omar Allibhoy

Prepare to fall in love with Spanish food! With stunning photography, easy-to-follow, step-by-step recipes and a real sense of love for the cuisine, this is the perfect book for anyone wanting to bring a little bit of Spain into the home. Your next 'go-to' cookbook!'This is real fast food for people who care about eating' -- Tom Parker Bowles'The Antonio Banderas of cooking' -- Gordon Ramsay'The ease with which it can be made at home is a revelation' -- Daily Mail Online'Delicious' -- The Sun'Lovely authentic Spanish recipes' -- ***** Reader review'Awesome recipes' -- ***** Reader review'Absolutely fantastic' -- ***** Reader review'If you want to venture into Spanish cooking, this is the book you should have at home' -- ***** Reader review'Fantastic book, engaging writing and recipes that actually work. Definitely recommend'-- ***** Reader review********************************************************************************************************Tapas Revolution is the breakthrough book on simple Spanish cookery. Using everyday store cupboard ingredients, Omar offers a new take on the classics like tortilla de patatas (Spanish tortilla), making this iconic dish easier than ever, and brings a twist to favourites like pinchos morunos (pork skewers) and pollo con salsa (chicken in tomato sauce).With sections covering vegetables, salads, rice dishes, meat, fish, cakes and desserts, the emphasis is on simplicity of ingredients and methods - reinforcing the fact that absolutely anyone can cook this versatile and accessible food.Omar Allibhoy - trained at El Bulli - is charismatic, effusive, passionate and wants to bring Spanish food to the people of the UK.TAPAS NOT PASTA!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference, Food, Spain

314 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 4, 2013

About the author

Talented Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy is creating a buzz within the UK food scene and has much to celebrate. The owner of the critically acclaimed Tapas Revolution, he also published a hugely successful cookbook, also called Tapas Revolution, which became the fastest selling Spanish cookbook of 2013. In 2016, he released his second book Spanish Made Simple, a best-seller for consecutive weeks on Amazon.

Born in Madrid and trained by the legendary Ferran Adria of El Bulli, Omar arrived in the UK in 2008 to take over the reins at El Pirata Detapas in West London, quickly establishing it as one of London’s best tapas restaurants and winning rave reviews. Whilst there, he was featured on Channel 4’s ‘Ramsay’s Best Restaurant’, and Omar’s reputation as the ‘Antonio Banderas of cooking’ was born.

Before starting out on his own, Omar decided to put Tapas on the map, literally daubing a T for Tapas on the map of England, before setting out on his motorbike for two weeks, cooking for everyone he met along the way.

The trip was a great success, causing nothing short of a sensation back in Spain, where they called him a ‘crusader for Spanish food and culture’. In the UK, the trip showed Omar that people around the country loved his simple and easy style of Spanish cooking and he came back with a new determination to keep bringing Tapas to the people.

In 2010 he opened his first Tapas Revolution at Westfield Shepherd’s Bush to rave reviews, with the Guardian’s John Lanchester saying ‘I can’t recommend Tapas Revolution highly enough … ideal for real tapas-type eating’ and Tom Barker Bowles describing it as ‘a step above’ in the Mail on Sunday.

As well as running a successful business, Omar has won several awards and maintained a career as a successful TV chef; In 2010 he was shortlisted for the OFM Young Chef of the Year awards, shortly before opening his first Tapas Revolution, won Caterer and Hotelkeeper’s Acorn Award for ‘Rising Star’ in 2012 and was British Travel & Hospitality Hall of Fame Young Entrepreneur Award in 2015. His illustrious career has been accompanied by several appearances on popular television, including Sunday Brunch, The One Show, This Morning and Masterchef.

Reviews

[Kath Middleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full not only of recipes but anecdotes and tips. You can actually sit down and read it, as well as use it to find recipes. There are simple tapas recipes, but also more substantial dishes that you can divide up into small dishes so people can have a little portion. I know I'll use many of these. They're mainly straight-forward and non-fussy and I've come away with a wealth of ideas.

[MRS ROSEMARY SIMONSEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating interesting recipes !

Fantastic thank you Omar, that’s me sorted for a few months !!! Happy memories - and even I can manage the recipes !!!

[Doug Cookson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.