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1080 Recipes
by Inés Ortega, Simone Ortega
ISBN-10: 0714848360
ISBN-13: 9780714848365
ISBN-13: 9780714848365
Region: Spain
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication Date: October, 2007
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About 1080 Recipes
Publisher Web Link: http://www.phaidon.com/
The best-selling cookbook in Spain for the last thirty years and essential reading in every Spanish household (with millions of copies sold to date), has been published in English for the first time by Phaidon, publishers of 2005’s bestseller, ‘The SIlver Spoon’. This 960 page Bible of classic Spanish cookery contains more than 1000 recipe and over 100 specially commissioned photographs by Jason Lowe with Design by revered Spanish designer, Javier Mariscal. Ferran Adria - chef and founder of famed Spanish restaurant El Bulli - has contributed the foreword to ‘1080 Recipes’.
‘1080 Recipes’ is an astonishing book that was conceived and published in 1972 by revered Spanish food icon, Simone Ortega and is now in its 48th edition in Spain. ‘1080 Recipes’ represents the definitive collection of the greatest, traditional recipes Spain has to offer along with simple wine and serving suggestions. The breadth and diversity of these recipes make ‘1080 Recipes’ the only Spanish cookbook both the dedicated foodie and general Spanish enthusiast will ever need. (http://www.phaidon.com/)
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About Inés Ortega
Cookbooks by Inés Ortega
About Simone Ortega
Author Web Link: http://www.phaidon.com/1080recipes/
Simone Ortega has been writing about food for over fifty years and has become the foremost authority on traditional Spanish cooking. Generations of Spaniards have learned to cook through her books. Her daughter Inés Ortega has collaborated with her mother from a young age. (http://www.phaidon.com/)
Simone Ortega Klein (29 May 1919 – 2 July 2008), better known simply as Simone Ortega, was a bestselling Spanish culinary author. Born in Barcelona to a family originally from Alsace in France, she published her first and bestselling book 1080 recetas de cocina (republished in English as 1080 Recipes) in 1972. She was married to publisher José Ortega Spottorno, son of famous philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and founder of the Spanish daily newspaper El País, until his death in 2002.
Her bestselling book, 1080 recetas de cocina (1080 Recipes) has sold over two million copies in Spain since it was first published, and as of 2007 it is on its 48th updated edition there. In 1987 she was awarded the Spanish Special Prize of Gastronomy, following this up in 2006 with the Spain Food Awards Special Prize.
In awarding the latter prize, the jury spoke of an entire lifetime dedicated to advising and teaching consumers about good cooking and good cuisine, with special emphasis on the qualilty of national products. 2006 also saw the French government bestow the Order of Arts and Letters on Ortega at a special ceremony in Madrid, at which Ortega commented that “More than anything else, cuisine is what has brought France and Spain closer together”.
Aside from writing cookbooks, Ortega has a regular column in ¡Hola!, and is a frequent guest of various radio programmes. Her most recent books have been in collaboration with her daughter, Inés Ortega Klein, who has followed in the footsteps of her mother to become something of a celebrity chef and cookbook author. (Wikipedia)