A tapa is a small Spanish dish that despite might look like an appetizer is more a different way of having a meal. Tapas are often combined creating a whole meal, especially over dinner and they are appreciated for the variety of the ingredients.

Tapas are indeed a joyful way to eat, trying different recipes, tastes and types of food during the same night and that's the reason why a lot of tapas bar opened all around the world. Originally, though, they came to life because Spaniard people usually have dinner server around 10pm, resulting in a long gap between the end of work-day and dinner time. Tapas were invented by bar and pubs, serving small food not enough to spoil the dinner but strong enough to support beer, wine or drinks.

Ingredients vary from fish and seafood to vegetables, to jamon - Spanish traditional ham - to anchovies and sardines. They can be easily prepared in your own kitchen because ingredients can be found at the local supermarket, while preparations tend to be quick.

In Tapas Cookbook by Adele Tyler you will learn:

• How to prepare tapas at home
• Over 80 recipes for fish, meat and vegetarian tapas
• Traditional Spanish recipes cookbook
• History of tapas and Spanish food

If you want to try something different and impress family and friends, this cookbook is for you!