The Buenvino Cookbook: Recipes from Our Farmhouse in Spain

For over thirty years, Jeannie and Sam Chesterton have lived high in the hills of Spain's western Andalusia at Finca Buenvino, their welcoming pink farmhouse, which they have run as a guesthouse - achieving international acclaim for their cooking and also their cookery courses. On their 100-acre estate the Chestertons grow their own organic vegetables, fruits and chestnuts, and raise Iberian pigs which are killed for jamon Iberico, salchichon, and chorizo. Violet Andalusian hens, a rare breed which they are helping to conserve, produce fresh eggs for breakfast, and homemade breads and jams are always on the table in the morning. Dinners are a social occasion, with summer dining under the stars, or in winter guests assemble at the table in the panelled dining room. Talk of food is of the essence always!