the barcelona cookbook copyright © 2009 by Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy Pforzheimer. All rights reserved. Printed in China. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. For information, write Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, an Andrews McMeel Universal company, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA www.andrewsmcmeel.com Mahr-Batuz, Sasa. The Barcelona cookbook: a celebration of food, wine, and life / by Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy Pforzheimer with Mary Goodbody; photography by John Blais.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. E-ISBN: 978-0-74079068-3 1. Cookery, Spanish. 2. Cookery, Mediterranean. 3. Tapas. 4. Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar. I. Pforzheimer, Andy. II. Goodbody, Mary. III. Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar. IV. Title. TX723.5.S7M2865 2009 641.5946—dc22 2008032696 Design: Diane Marsh Food Styling: Jennifer Prichett Photos courtesy of Sasa Mahr-Batuz: i, v, x, xiv bottom, xv, xvi bottom, xvii, xviii right, xix, xx, xxii top right, 1, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 26 left and top right, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40-41, 43, 44, 49, 50, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 68-69, 70, 72 top, 81, 83, 98, 100, 105, 106, 111, 116, 117, 123, 127, 129, 132 right, 134 top right and left, 136, 139, 140, 155 right, 159 left, 161, 166, 171, 196 Photos by Felipe Rodriguez: 84-85, 102-103 www.barcelonawinebar.com attention: schools and businesses Andrews McMeel books are available at quantity discounts with bulk purchase for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please write to: Special Sales Department, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. [email protected] Cover design by Tim Lynch and Cover photography by John Blais To Zaneta and Zelie, and to all the talented, hardworking people at Barcelona contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Cocktails and Wine Cold Tapas Hot Tapas Main Courses and Party Dishes Desserts Sources Metric Conversions and Equivalents acknowledgments This book would not be possible without the genius and creativity of chefs both past and present: Martha Hartley, Bill Rosenberg, Dave Curtis, Jose Palacios, Pedro Garzon, Elder Morales, Antonio Saldana, and Victor Sanchez all have invented and perfected the dishes that appear on these pages. Pedro and Adam Halberg have shaped the menus for the company as a whole, and Lisa Varnberg, in addition to creating some Barcelona classics, spent countless hours testing and transcribing recipes that were little more than scribbled notes on crumpled paper when she got them. Gretchen Thomas poured her encyclopedic knowledge of wine onto these pages. Mary Goodbody worked day and night to turn our thoughts into words and even spent time shivering in fish coolers and butchering steaks. Jean Lucas, Kirsty Melville, and Tim Lynch at Andrews McMeel believed in Barcelona and in us enough to see this book through from beginning to end, and Jane Dystel, our inimitable agent, made the whole thing happen. We are deeply indebted to them for handling the hard part so that we could continue making tapas, pouring wine, and serving tables.