This is book, appreciated and sold best to Foodies, and as a travel book perhaps for those going to the LaMancha, planes area of Spain. It is more than this, but without a desire to know more about the culture and artisan cheese making, or a real appreciation for the small village life and rhythm of Europe - it's a hard slog. It's an erudite book I think, with a hefty dose of story-telling, a larger than life character, and an American's author's fascination with him and his 'philosophy of life.'