Aperitales

Aperitales is a book of short stories that works as a tasting menu. 60 short stories full of flavours and inspired by the best chefs and restaurants in the world.Synopsis: You are in the kitchen, with everything prepared, putting dinner in the oven or perhaps in that fashionable restaurant waiting for your best friend, the one who is always at least half an hour late.In both cases, your mobile is without battery and without the option to charge it. What do you do?I suggest you pour yourself a glass of your favorite wine, or ask the waiter for it, take your appetizers out of your bag and take a few bites of those flavored letters until the oven tells you that the food is ready. Or, your friend walks in through the restaurant door with that knowing look that forces you to forgive her once more for being 45 minutes late."This little book is a literary aperitif, an itinerary through the six flavors (acid, bitter, salty, sweet, spicy and umami) with which Alba García has the excuse to explain her favorite recipes, her culinary memories, her wishes, her travels (real or invented) in a collection of very short and fresh stories supported by the figure of some of the most famous chefs in the country. The author does not know them. Nor has he ever sat at the table of its award-winning restaurants. But that is not a problem for her. The quotation of each of these characters opens the chapter and serves as a starting point for your culinary digressions. Sometimes he doesn't even come to talk about the restaurant, nor about the cook's work and miracles. The book mixes fiction and reality in a whimsical way and becomes an entertaining exercise that can give a good time (or a few moments) to any good fan of gastronomy and literature" Lourdes López via Viaempresa."In this collection of very short stories (and some poem like the Sweet Ode to Puto Picante dedicated to Dabiz Muñoz) written with freshness, wit and affection, Alba García Marcos turns to famous chefs whom she does not know and whose restaurants she has never been to. but that by some strange connection they serve as a starting point for his culinary digressions. A fun mix of reality and fiction in which the reader gets lost. Written in the first person, although not always, their stories are led by a quote from the chef to whom each one is dedicated. However, in most cases, the texts have nothing to do with who inspires them. Her name, that of her restaurant and her thought become an excuse for the author to write about her favorite recipes, her culinary memories, her wishes, her travels (real or invented), tracing an itinerary through six flavors (acid, bitter, salty sweet, spicy and umami) that is sure to entertain any good foodie and literary fan. A literary aperitif." Julia Pérez vía Gastroactitud.