趣味和跳脫現實生活是我這本新書的精神所在。這本創新的食譜收錄我最近走訪的幾個令人大開眼界國家的珍饈美食，以及受到身邊食物影響獲得靈感、因而創造出的新菜色。我從這些美麗的地方選出最有名也最有趣的菜餚，加以變化，讓各位可以在自家出房裡，輕鬆做出正統的西班牙海鮮飯、摩洛哥塔吉鍋和義大利飯。
近年來，飛到其他國家度週末往往比跳上火車坐到英國另一區還要便宜。我不是說我們應該三不五時就往外飛，但偶爾放大膽子逃離日復一日的生活，接受其他文化的洗禮，也蠻好的。只要到那裡去，就能發現了不起的滋味、人物和地方，而這個距離不過離你家前門只有幾小時遠。
因此，如果你一直掛念著要到某個地方，但還沒訂機票，我鼓勵你趕快行動！此行將會使你對人生感到樂觀，還能帶著滿滿的回憶返家------更別提還有對美食的靈感啟發。同時，且讓我透過這本書將我發現的一些新食譜和新味道介紹給你，其中或許還有一些你原本就很喜歡在假日享用的菜餚，只是你從來不曉得該怎麼煮！
Jamie Does... is Jamie's personal celebration of amazing food from six very different countries. Cheap, short-haul flights and long weekend getaways have become increasingly popular and within a few short hours of the UK there are new and exciting worlds of food waiting to be discovered as Jamie finds out.
Each chapter focusses on a different city or region - Marrakesh, Athens, Venice, Andalucia, Stockholm and the Midi Pyrenees region of France. Classic recipes sit alongside new dishes that Jamie learns along the way. Alongside each recipe there is a beautiful photograph of the finished dish, as well as incredible reportage shots of Jamie's experiences in each country.
Jamie says: 'The food I've embraced on each trip is a mixture of what you could call the cliched star dishes - the many tagines of Morocco, the flamboyant paellas of Spain, the comforting risottos from Italy and the zingy fresh flavours of a classic Greek salad - and the recipes that I've been inspired to make after walking through the markets and soaking up the vibes of each place. What you'll find in this book is fun, optimistic, escapist food you can actually cook and enjoy in your own home.'
★本書中譯版《傑米．奧利佛的歐非美食漫遊》由三采出版。
作者簡介
傑米．奧利佛（Jamie Oliver）
從八歲開始，傑米．奧利佛就在他雙親位於艾賽克斯（Essex）克萊夫村的板球員（Cricketers）酒吧餐廳裡大展廚藝，目前為止他已經與多位世界頂尖的主廚共事過。
他是倫敦的「15」（Fifteen）餐廳與其聯合慈善機構「15」基金會的創辦人，該機構的目的是將弱勢年輕人訓練為廚師。現在全世界還有另外三家「15」餐廳：英國的康瓦爾（Cornwell）、荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹和澳洲的墨爾本。此外傑米還在英國幾個大城市的精華地區開立名為「傑米義大利菜」（Jamie’s Italian）的連鎖餐廳。
2005年，傑米發起一項改善英國學校晚餐的運動，透過這個名為「讓我吃得更好」（Feed Me Better）的活動，已經讓英國政府進行具體的政策改變。
傑米的文章出現在英國和世界各地的刊物上，包括他自己的《傑米雜誌》（Jamie Magazine）。他與妻子和珠兒和女兒佩佩、黛西與蓓朵住在倫敦與艾賽克斯兩地。
Jamie Oliver started cooking at his parents' pub, the Cricketers, at the age of eight, and has gone on to work with some of the world's top chefs. He founded Fifteen restaurant in London
and the associated charity, Fifteen Foundation, which trains disadvantaged young people to become chefs. There are now Fifteen restaurants in Cornwall, Amsterdam and Melbourne. Jamie has also
launched a chain of high street restaurants in the UK called Jamie's Italian. Jamie writes for publications in the UK and around the world, including his own Jamie Magazine.
