Simone and Ines Ortega Andres

With a career in food writing spanning 50 years, Simone Ortega was the foremost authority on traditional Spanish cooking, and contributed to countless newspapers and magazines.

Ines Ortega has written many cookbooks and collaborated with her mother on this and the bestselling Spain: The Cookbook.

Jose Andres grew up in Spain and trained under Ferran Adria at elBulli before moving to the USA, where he was one of the fi rst chefs to introduce tapas to American restaurant-goers.