Catalan Gastronomic Heritage and its Cuisine

Antoni Riera i Melis · Joan Santanach i Suñol

Sep 2023 · ohDigital

About this ebook

This publication by Dr. Antoni Riera Melis and Dr. Joan Santanach presents a bibliographic tour through the history of Catalan cuisine on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first edition of the Llibre del coc, attributed to Master Robert, chef to King Ferdinand of Naples, and printed in Barcelona at the press of Carles Amorós in the year 1520. This work enjoyed great success and has had more than half a dozen editions in Catalan and a dozen in Spanish with the title: Libro de guisados.

The Biblioteca de Catalunya holds a very rich bibliographic collection on gastronomy and this work shows a taste of the documentation that can be found there.

The book contains interviews with specialists in the field who provide a multifaceted vision of gastronomy, among which are Salvador Capdevila, Narcís Comadira, Laura Conde, Jesús Contreras Hernández, Toni Massanés and Carme Ruscalleda. 

The book concludes with an extensive bibliography and a list of digital resources that contribute to the research and understanding of the Catalan gastronomic heritage.