El Somni – the gastronomic opera by El Celler de Can Roca
It was a nice morning in London last Monday when we have gathered in Mandarin Oriental, a nice international crowd of food and travel journalists and opinionmakers, for the Catalonian breakfast with the legendary Roca brothers (El Celler de Can Roca) and tonight (6th May) is the day when premiere of El Somni will happen. … Read more
Pakta by Albert and Ferran Adria will be open in March
Originally scheduled to open in January, the new Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant by the Adria brothers will open in early March. Called Pakta, the restaurant will serve a cuisine called nikkei. It will be located in Barcelona, next door to Tickets, which is operated by Albert Adria. So far, Pakta will seat 30 and will feature … Read more
Elena Arzak – Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef of 2012
Elena Arzak, Joint Head Chef at Arzak in San Sebastian, Spain, has been named the Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef, part of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Elena is the fourth generation of the Arzak family to head up the restaurantsince it opened in 1897. In … Read more
Interface by El Bulli
INTERFACE Bulli, is a project that began with the collaboration of Ikonic (Pere Gifre and Daniel Molina) and Ferran Adria with his restaurant elBulli. Initially the project was based on a charge of Ferran Adrià to design its new dishes, but then they realized that they can actually go further and the goal became to design … Read more
El Bulli is closed: World’s best restaurant’ served up extravagant 49-course last supper
The doors of El Bulli, one of the world’s most famous restaurants, have closed leaving 50 lucky diners with the taste of ‘clam meringue’ and ‘gorgonzola balloon’ lingering on their tastebuds. The few diners fortunate to eat at the three Michelin stars restaurant feasted on a 49-course menu which dazzled their palates with gastronomical delights … Read more
Interview: Marjan Simčič, Simčič winery, Ceglo/Brda, Slovenia
The Simčič wines (attention – we are this time talking about Marjan Simčič, not Edi Simčič, who also creates excellent and well known wines!) are for sure between the best known Slovenian wines abroad. His often awarded wines from the Slovenian Brda region (part of the vineyards are also in Italian Collio) are known as … Read more
His majesty Asparagus
Asparagus is a long-lived perennial, grown for its young tender shoots and ornamental foliage, and has been used as food for thousands of years. Pliny the Elder described cultivation methods used by the Romans for producing plants with blanched stems and of a cultivar producing spears of which three weighed a pound. Wild asparagus still … Read more
Vinitaly 2011 celebrating also Italian sparkling wines
Vinitaly is near and with it are arriving some news: World-wide success is that, despite the global economic crisis, progressive growth can be seen in exports of Italian sparkling wines. And to celebrate this excellence in Italian oenology at Vinitaly, a specific area will present all types – from classic to Charmat methods – exclusively … Read more
Molecular Cuisine in the Home Kitchen
Liquid nitrogen ice cream, sodium alginate pearls, goose liver whipped cream…these are the results of molecular cuisine, which also teaches how to produce 6.34 gallons of mayonnaise with only one egg yolk. Indeed, the term molecular cuisine is meaningless except to a small elite who are familiar with the chemistry, synthetic products and latest technology necessary … Read more
A great loss: Spanish chef Santi Santamaria died
Today, the culinary world was stunned to hear that Spanish chef Santi Santamaria passed away suddenly while in Singapore visiting one of his restaurants. At 53, Santamaria was a major force in Spanish cuisine and his restaurants had seven Michelin stars, three of which were for his Barcelona restaurant, El Raco de Can Fabes. Spanish chef Juan Mari Arzak … Read more
