The Iberian Table - by Robin Keuneke (Paperback)

About the Book

"Distinguished health writer and natural foods chef Robin Keuneke, makes the case for The Spanish Mediterranean Diet as nutrition's best-kept secret. Part cookbook, health book, and culinary-travel memoir, The Iberian Table pulls back the curtain to decode one of the world's healthiest cuisines is recognized as having more restaurants in the world's top fifty than any other country, and her people have a unique longevity, second only to Japan. Following the success of her first two books on health, author Robin Keuneke is effortlessly entertaining, offering readers fresh perspectives on improving their lives through food. Through over 100 easy to follow recipes, readers will gain advice on meal planning and weekly menus with ingredients easily obtainable from most grocery and/or health food stores."--

Book Synopsis

Distinguished health writer and natural foods chef Robin Keuneke, makes the case for The Spanish Mediterranean Diet as nutrition's best-kept secret.

Part cookbook, health book, and culinary-travel memoir, The Iberian Table pulls back the curtain to decode one of the world's healthiest cuisines. Spain is recognized as having more restaurants in the world's top fifty than any other country, and her people have a unique longevity, second only to Japan. Following the success of her first two books on health, author Robin Keuneke is effortlessly entertaining, offering readers fresh perspectives on improving their lives through food. Through over 100 easy to follow recipes, readers will gain advice on meal planning and weekly menus with ingredients easily obtainable from most grocery and/or health food stores.

Following the success of her first two books on health, author Robin Keuneke is effortlessly entertaining, offering readers fresh perspectives on improving their lives through food.

• Minced Leek and Tomato Salad with Manzanilla Olives
• Chicken and Vegetable Paella
• Cod on a Bed of Multi-colored Vegetables
• Mediterranean-Style Orange Rice Pudding with Meringue
• Cazuela Shallot-Turkey Thighs in Red Wine Pan Sauce
• Pa Amb Tomáquet (Tomato Garlic and Olive Oil Bread)

--Robin Keuneke

Review Quotes

" The Iberian Table provides the answer with a wide variety of nutritious and delicious recipes. I recommend this book without reservation to everyone with an interest in improving their quality of life and reducing the risk of serious diseases such as cancer and heart disease."
--Dr. Ed Goodall, PhD
Fellow of the Institute of Statisticians and Chartered Statistician, and Patient Advocate, Digestive Cancers, Europe.

"Keuneke's unique blend of health book, cookbook, and all-five-senses culinary travel memoir brings us this delicious cuisine by way of storytelling; this is such an interesting way to learn about culture, place, and the Spanish Mediterranean diet. Highly recommended."
--Wandering Educators

"Keuneke celebrates good food and good health in this cookbook and love letter to the flavors of the Iberian Peninsula.... A thoroughly sumptuous guide to some of the world's most nutritious cuisines.... Verdict: Get it." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"She may not like my saying this, but with The Iberian Table, Robin Keuneke has written a book that should appeal even to those food-lovers who don't care a fig about antioxidants, microbiomes, or fatty acids. I say that because I believe that one can probably eat better in Spain today than anywhere else in the Western world -- from the most basic of foods (Catalonia's elemental pa amb tomàquet, the ubiquitous espinacas con garbanzos) to the most other-worldly innovations of modernist cuisine -- and Keuneke has done a remarkably comprehensive job of telling us why and how. Her recipes are clearly written and seductive, and she eloquently evokes the soul and spirit of Spain -- even those parts of it that are far from the Mediterranean -- and, yeah, okay, all the health and nutrition stuff is pretty useful and informative as well, and only enhances the rest."

--Colman Andrews, author, Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret and Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food