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To refresh and hydrate yourself, to superbly pair a delicious plate or, simply, to enjoy a rich experience in scents, flavors and nuances… alcohol-free drinks are on trend.

The mediatic sommelier Meritxell Falgueras Febrer introduces us in this book appetizing suggestions that are really easy to make. These are alcohol-free drinks that stimulate the senses while improving your vitality, and they can be classic or innovative, or easy or sophisticated like the best wine. All of them come with a great deal of information that will help us strengthen the scents and textures. We’ll discover drinks so cool as the michelada, perfect to prepare with friends, the kombucha, of miraculous characteristics, the relaxing golden milk, to sleep better. Moreover, we’ll know which are the best blends of teas and juices, advices to choose an alcohol-free wine or beer, ideas for a vermouth or a night ‘drink’…

The ideal book for nondrinkers by choice or obligation, pregnant women, athletes, people on diets and, in general, for anyone who wishes to enjoy new and pleasant experiences when it’s time to toast and celebrate.

In El chef en casa the best cooks in Spain open the doors to their home for us to show us (what/the dishes) they cook for their families.

Eleven internationally renowned chefs open the doors to their homes for us to sit at their tables and enjoy ourselves as one of the family: Joan Roca, Ferran Adrià, Jordi Cruz, Paco Roncero, Carme Ruscalleda, Juan Mari Arzak, and Martín Berasategui are some of the cooks inviting us to discover their best kept culinary secrets: the recipes to their favorite dishes; the tricks they use to finish a sauce, a stew or an apperizer; how they achieve nutritional balance without losing a bit of the pleasure involved in a good meal; and, all in all, how they take care of their families.

With delicious creative recipes, very easy to prepare, you will feel like a chef at home.

Our most typical products and the tastiest recipes. Unique, fresh, exquisite and Catalan: from the land to the plate!

With Sa i català we will learn about the healthiest properties of our indigenous products: the secrets of their origins, natural habitats, and the hidden nooks where they can be found; their wonderful benefits for health; the most interesting and entertaining historical anecdotes; and the most surprising curiosities.

We will find out how to fill our baskets with the full variety of healthy and Catalan colors and smells delivered by our vegetables, such as the Figueres onion and the gorgeous eggplant; our fresh and dry fruits, like the apple from Lleida and the hazelnut from Reus; our legumes and rices, notably the ganxet bean and the rice grown in Pals; our meats and fish, such as the Penedès rooster and the Palamós shrimp.

Sa i català includes delightful recipes to prepare succulent and healthy meals with these so special products. From an artchoke cream or a popular pie with Riera peppers, to prawns with champaign or a veal fricandeau.

The legacy of Catalan culture and cuisine close at hand. A hundred grams of history and tradition, and two spoonfuls of curiosities. The table is served!

Why do we cry when we chop an onion?

How can we know if an egg is fresh without cracking the shell?

Why does bread change its colour when we toast it?

The most common questions about food and cooking finally find their answers. Ada Parellada and Dani Jiménez have made a book full of curiosities, recipes, experiments, a lot of science and a good dressing of sense of humour; a book for all curious readers that want to discover the secrets hidden in the food.

Wine is an essential part of our social and gastronomic culture. We should live and drink without complex, boldly. In this book you will find all the advice you need to select and taste the right wine for every occasion: a first date, a business dinner, a day-off, for love making, to get inspired, to impress your father in law, to watch a movie…

“We are what we eat”, said Josep Pla. “And what we drink as well”, Meritxell Falgueras dares to add. This is why she will recommend wines that you will surely enjoy, help you discover your interests in the world of wine, provide you with a bit of theory and lots of practice… because she is the “cicerone” who will take you into a world made of sensations, culture, discoveries, passion, vines, flavours and pleasures. To taste every moment with higher spirits!

A wine’s guide that is bound to become also an inspiration for your life!