ABOUT THE BOOK: This cookbook was compiled (and newly revised) in the southern region of Spain called Andalucia. The capital of Andalucia is Seville, a classic European city with old time charm and incredibly satisfying food. Inside these pages you will find tried and true recipes that are, in many cases, centuries old. After describing to Spanish friends and neighbors the type of book we wanted to create, one with everyday authentic recipes, and definitely NOT a coffee table cookbook, our Sevillano friends eagerly jumped to the task of telling us what kinds of food we should highlight. So...

Lucy York is an aspiring mechanical engineer working as a shot girl serving watered-down drinks to drunken frat boys at Jezebel's Bar & Lounge. The job isn't so bad-it pays her bills, and she's managed to make a surrogate family for herself at the bar. But now she's ready to spread her wings and fly north to attend a university and, maybe, distance herself a little from the all-consuming social scene at Jezebel's. Then her boss hires a new bouncer, Norm, a literature dork who seems like everything a bouncer shouldn't be: tall, gangly, sweet (and, you know, named Norman). But as she gets to...