Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Taste the region as you read
Bread & Oil
Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Taste the region as you read
What you need to know before your trail
pa amb oli – bread and oil
On the island of Majorca, this is both a peasant staple and a food that is as popular and as widely eaten as anything else. It’s also the starting point for a very tasty journey into the heart of Mediterranean cooking.
The coarse bread is also rubbed with tomato or garlic and then bathed in olive oil – eat this and you ingest the history and culture of the area too and in this book, you get to explore the many ingredients in this rich menu.
In Bread & Oil Tomas Graves celebrates the Majorcan character as reflected in its eating habits.
Travel Guide
Mallorca
If only you could taste this book (well you can if you cook the recipes and be inspired by what you read inside) as it has all the flavours aand aromas you could hope for. With a sprinkling of trvel, a good dose of history and a pinch of gastronomic guides, this is a book which gets under your skin and deep inside your taste buds.
There are many recipes and inspiration for this feast:
Wrinkled olives made with olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic; fried sardines topped with sauteed onions and marinated in vinegar served cold with bread and oil, and guacamole with tomatoes and onions. This book was originally published as Volem pa amb oli in the native Catalan language.
On the BookTrail map restaurants hand picked and dotted around the island show you the range of food and places to go looking for it!
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Bread & Oil
Author/Guide: Tomas Graves Destination: Mallorca Departure Time: 2000s
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