Includes recipes for 50 enticing cocktails and 20 piquant tapas - all made with easy to find ingredients - along with lots of serving suggestions and make-ahead tips.

"Tasca is synonymous with Spain, tapas bars, known as tascas, are 'the' venue to start or end an evening. Cocina means both kitchen and cooking in Spanish. Food from the Spanish kitchen is flavoured with passion and love. It is all about comforting and hearty meals that utilize the best of local produce, be it slowly simmered or quickly seared. Postres, traditional desserts are simple and luscious. Contemporary recipes showcase the sweet flavours of Spain-irresistible offerings of chocolate, coffee, citrus and toasted nuts mingled with exotic spices, from warmly scented cinnamon to heady saffron." --p. 5.