Elkano paisaje culinario. Aitor Arregi

50 years of seafood cookery. A tribute to the legendary restaurant of Pedro Arregui in Getaria, brought to you by his son Aitor.

In his will of 1526, the explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano bequeathed "some iron grills". Almost five hundred years later, Pedro Arregui, "the king of turbot", reinvented seafood cookery in Getaria (Gipuzkoa). He began with a humble family bar and was the pioneer of modern fish grilling from his restaurant Elkano, which now holds a Michelin star.

This is the story of an irreplaceable man and his passion for the finest produce, a chef considered a true revolutionary for having grilled the first hake neck over the coals. His mastery of the marine terroir underpins the success of one of the best fish restaurants in the world, counted among the finest gastronomic experiences by Gastón Acurio and many other chefs on the 50 Best list. The book is a genuine manual for lovers of seafood cookery: it sets out the keys to selecting the best fish and painstakingly presents the restaurant's most emblematic dishes, as well as recounting the historical memory of the arrival of the grills in Getaria, including the intriguing will of J. S. Elcano. The book is in Spanish.