Books of paellas and rice: recipes, techniques and rice culture.

If you have ever seriously considered cooking, a highly recommended skill to acquire as soon as possible, you have probably looked for a cooking video or a blog with recipes.

Although audiovisual help is always appreciated, we should not leave behind the love for cookbooks, since it is in them where we find the opinions, recommendations and experiences of chefs and cooks experts in the field.

From traditional to the most innovative recipes, cooking techniques and preparation of ingredients, to the culture and history surrounding the dish. This knowledge is always appreciated, whether you are a novice cook, an expert chef or just a foodie curious to know more about what you eat.

In this blog post we are going to take a look at our recommendations for rice and paella cookbooks, plus some more focused on other similar recipes.

El libro de los arroces

Second edition of “El libro de los arroces, el arroz en mi memoria”. Its author, Pedro Ponce Palomares, did not want to leave any doubt about the purpose of this book, from its cover to its name.

This book, or rather, rice book, is a graphic work with 123 rice recipes, where each page contains a photograph of the dish, the amount of ingredients, the process of elaboration of the dish and recommendations and tricks obtained by the great rice experience of the author.

It is a book whose main objective is to help the reader to replicate these delicious rice recipes to perfection, helped by the advice of Pedro Ponce in obtaining an idyllic dish regardless of the experience of the person behind the book.

Fideuas 101 recetas

Pedro Ponce Palomares leaves rice aside for a moment - and only for a moment - to focus on another dish made in a paella pan that has little to envy to a good rice: fideua.

In this book “Fideuas 101 recipes”, we can find not only a wide range of fideuas, but also the origins and traditions surrounding this dish, from its diversification over the years to its evolution in its most popular version today.

It is one of the first books published with a compilation of more than a hundred recipes for fideua, each one unique and original, sharing in its pages its origins and evolution.

Paella lovers

If any of you reading this post is in the world of rice on the internet, surely you have heard of David Montero, better known in social networks under the name @ricepaella. Master rice cook and representative of the Valencian paella culture, in his book he offers us a great sample of his enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for cooking and rice.

Paella lovers offers us a wide range of knowledge, focused on the techniques, utensils to make paella but, in great emphasis, on rice. From the different varieties of rice, with which types of recipes best to use them to how to prepare everything necessary for the preparation of paella, without forgetting some innovative recipes. This book is a labor of love that seeks to teach and share the author's passion for cooking and paella.

Arroces y mucho más

Chef Ximo Carrión never ceases to surprise us, his book, with 92 paella and rice recipes, framed with fabulous photos, brings us a repertoire of recipes that covers almost all methods and styles of preparation: traditional or innovative, baked rice, mellow, dry, fish, meat, vegetables and a long etc ....

From the most traditional paella recipe to the most innovative rice dishes, adapted to the latest in utensils and culinary techniques, this book is more like a manual to take our affection for rice to a higher level.

All the explanations are based on three basic pillars: The varieties of rice, each one adapted to the recipe, the most suitable broth or stock to cook the rice and the incorporation of innovative techniques that enhance the final result of our recipe.

Nuestros arroces. Historia, fiestas y recetas

After so much innovation, Ximo Carrión turns his head in search of recounting the Valencian gastronomic culture, in the process, he realizes that when one investigates this subject, sooner or later one realizes that there is a large part of it in rice.

In this book he offers a complex overview of the history, landscape and festive culture of rice in Valencia, which gradually molds the customs and traditions that are rooted in the gastronomic culture, including in his explanations traditional rice recipes, many of them little known, but which offer us a flavor and power that we can only find in the old rice masters.

El arte de un buen arroz

It has long been said that art is subjective, and Hector Medina, more popularly known on social networks as @elchefkent, couldn't agree more with that opinion, since he knows from his own experience that you can prepare restaurant-worthy rice dishes in your own home using just a clear set of concepts.

In this essential book for any rice lover, Hector offers all kinds of recommendations and tips, such as which rice to choose for the occasion, how to cook rice to the point and that it is loose, to a wide assortment of 70 recipes that you can make at home, with which you will be like the king or queen of the kitchen the next time you prepare a meal at home.

Libro online de Original Paella - Recetas tradicionales y innovativas

Of course, among so many excellent chefs and master rice cooks we could not miss us. In this online book, which you can get for free in 4 languages (Spanish, English, French and Italian) if you subscribe to our newsletter, we compiled up to 35 recipes of traditional and innovative rice, many of them brought from the hand of popular rice masters in social networks.

You will find quantities, time tables for each step of the recipe, step by step with pictures and recommendations and tips. We are constantly updating and adding new recipes, so take a look and try some of the most popular rice recipes.

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Que no se te pase el arroz

Finally, we can not forget the new titles. Raúl Tapia and Isa Romero, known more popularly in social networks as @arrocesconestilo, write their rice knowledge in the pages of this book, soon in stores and bookstores.

The book focuses mainly on the preparation of Mediterranean rice dishes, with the aim that you can prepare at home the rice dishes that you can find in restaurants and specialized rice restaurants, including ingredients, step by step and tips and techniques. However, keep in mind that once you have read this book, it will be your turn to cook rice at home!