Ferran
The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food
Colman Andrews
- The
- first-ever
- biography
- of
- Ferran
- Adrià,
- the
- chef
- behind
- Spain's
- renowned
- El
- Bulli
- restaurant,
- by
- one
- of
- the
- world's
- foremost
- food
- authorities.More
- than
- just
- the
- most
- influential
- chef
- of
- the
- late-twentieth
- and
- early-twenty-
- first
- century,
- Ferran
- Adrià
- is
- arguably
- the
- greatest
- culinary
- revolutionary
- of
- our
- time.
- Hailed
- as
- a
- genius
- and
- a
- prophet
- by
- fellow
- chefs,
- worshipped
- (if
- often
- misunderstood)
- by
- critics
- and
- lay
- diners
- alike,
- Adrià
- is
- imitated
- and
- paid
- homage
- to
- in
- professional
- kitchens,
- and
- more
- than
- a
- few
- private
- ones,
- all
- over
- the
- world.
- A
- reservation
- at
- his
- one
- and
- only
- restaurant,
- El
- Bulli,
- is
- so
- coveted
- that
- scoring
- a
- table
- is
- harder
- than
- nabbing
- fifty-yardline
- tickets
- to
- the
- Super
- Bowl.In
- his
- lively
- close-up
- portrait
- of
- Adrià,
- award-winning
- food
- writer
- Colman
- Andrews
- traces
- this
- groundbreaking
- chef's
- rise
- from
- resort-hotel
- dishwasher
- to
- culinary
- deity,
- and
- the
- evolution
- of
- El
- Bulli
- from
- a
- German-owned
- beach
- bar
- into
- the
- establishment
- voted
- annually
- by
- an
- international
- jury
- to
- be
- "the
- world's
- best
- restaurant."
- Taking
- the
- reader
- from
- Adrià's
- Franco-era
- childhood
- near
- Barcelona
- through
- El
- Bulli's
- wildly
- creative
- "disco-beach"
- days
- and
- into
- the
- modern-day
- creative
- wonderland
- of
- Adrià's
- restaurant
- kitchen
- and
- the
- workshop-
- laboratory
- where
- his
- innovations
- are
- born
- and
- refined,
- Andrews
- blends
- sweeping
- storytelling
- with
- culinary
- history
- to
- explore
- Adrià's
- extraordinary
- contributions
- to
- the
- way
- we
- eat.Through
- original
- techniques
- like
- deconstruction,
- spherification,
- and
- the
- creation
- of
- culinary
- foams
- and
- airs,
- Adrià
- has
- profoundly
- reimagined
- the
- basic
- characteristics
- of
- food's
- forms,
- while
- celebrating
- and
- intensifying
- the
- natural
- flavors
- of
- his
- raw
- materials.
- Yet,
- argues
- Andrews,
- these
- innovations
- may
- not
- be
- his
- most
- impressive
- achievements.
- Instead,
- Adrià's
- sheer
- creativity
- and
- courageous
- imagination
- are
- his
- true
- genius-a
- genius
- that
- transcends
- the
- chef's
- métier
- and
- can
- inspire
- and
- enlighten
- all
- of
- us.Entertaining
- and
- intimate,
- Ferran
- brings
- to
- life
- the
- most
- exciting
- food
- movement
- of
- our
- time
- and
- illuminates
- the
- ways
- in
- which
- Adrià
- has
- changed
- our
- world-
- forever
- altering
- our
- understanding
- and
- appreciation
- of
- food
- and
- cooking.Watch
- a Video
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