Written by Margarita Pérez García and Patricia Martí Torres
Description Remei is a 75-year-old cook who is an expert in making the one and only paella: la paella valenciana. Paella is a culinary icon for Valencians and for all of Spain. Remei is proud and champions her tradition at the top of her lungs. Because, if you are going to cook paella, you need to do it right! Indeed, Remei has good intentions, but she always ends up sticking her nose where it’s not wanted and giving advice left and right.
Now retired, with a phone and plenty of time on her hands, Remei discovers that many influencers on Instagram are destroying the culinary tradition of paella. They are cooking trendy ‘paella’: sushi ‘paella’; ‘paella’ pizza; ‘paella’ sandwiches; ‘paella’ with ingredients that do not make sense like avocado, eggs, chorizo, fruit, ketchup; even ‘paella’ in a can! Remei is outraged. These influencers are making ‘arroz con cosas’ – Rice with things. ‘How awful! This can’t be allowed!’
So with no internet experience, no followers, and no influence beyond her son, her restaurant, and her town, Remei decides to become an Instagram influencer. She wants to share the authentic paella with the world. At her age? How will she combat the flood of ‘rice with things’ that saturates social networks? Will she fulfill her mission?
ARROZ CON COSAS is a funny story of a 75-year-old retired cook who wants to become an Instagram influencer to preserve her culinary tradition: la paella valenciana. ARROZ CON COSAS is an hilarious story about food, Spanish tradition and culture written with accessible vocabulary for teenagers, young adults and adults beginning their Spanish language learning journey. Success is not about age, it’s about action!
ARROZ CON COSAS touches on the themes of sharing and preserving culinary culture, respect for our elders, and that one is never too old to use and set the latest trends on social media.
What does this book give you?
- Helps you expand your vocabulary in Spanish with important words about food and cooking, body parts, nationalities, and social media.
- Accessible vocabulary at your level that uses the most frequent words in Spanish to help you progress confidently.
- Manageable and progressive introduction of the vocabulary chapter after chapter.
- Provides you with lots of exposure to the most common verbs in Spanish in present tense: be, have, want, need, can, make, look, see, say, answer, know, write, open, look for, give, take, take out, put, put in, help, laugh and share.
- Rewarding long story for beginners written with only 89 vocabulary words different from English and 61 words that are similar in Spanish and English.
- 36 hilarious illustrations that support comprehension and help you create a mental picture when reading.
- Culturally relevant illustrations by an award-winner comic artist from Valencia.
- Helpful side notes to support the comprehension of the new vocabulary words and the understanding of cultural references.
- A complete bilingual word list of all the words used in the story.
- A step-by-step illustrated recipe so that you learn to cook the authentic paella and enjoy its exquisite flavour anywhere in the world.
- In Easy-to-Read format for maximum reading pleasure!
Publisher: FACILITOS
Language: Spanish
Paperback: 126 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0473641924
Dimensions: 6 x 0.32 x 9 inches
