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Ferran Adria

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Bloomberg Nixes Homeless Food Donations; LaBullipedia

    ​Mayor Bloomberg has outlawed food donations to homeless shelters because the city can't determine their salt, fat, and fiber content. [CBS] The 2012 finalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards have been announced. Winners will be chosen in May.

  • Dining

    March 7, 2012

    Mercado on Kent: From Bilbao to Billyburg

    A giant tapas bar tries it one more time

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    What's Happening This Week: Butcher Lessons, Coffee & Tea Festival

    ​Make fried chicken and skillet macaroni and cheese at the Brooklyn Kitchen on Feburary 22 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the class are $75. Sample the meats of Brooklyn butchers and learn about their craft at the Brooklyn Brewery on February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Pucker Up For a Pickleback

    ​Bed-Stuy restaurant Do or Dine has more in common with Spain's El Bulli than you may think. It's fairly difficult to get to. Both restaurant's figureheads (Justin Warner and Ferran Adrià, respectively) are keen on whimsically named dishes. And each restaurant is fond of spherification. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Jacques Pépin Reveals His Thanksgiving Turkey Secrets: Interview Part 2

    Photo courtesy Jacques PépinJacques Pépin steams his Thanksgiving turkey, meaning you should, too​Yesterday we chatted with Jacques Pepin about his new book, Essential Pepin, an impressive collection of more than 700 of his favorite recipes. Today, he explains why chefs must master technique ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    A Look at the Cover of Lucky Peach Issue Number 2

    ​The first issue of literary food mag Lucky Peach was a big hit, selling out so quickly that publisher McSweeney's had to immediately order a second printing. Well, McSweeney's designer Walter Green recently tweeted out a photo of the cover of Lucky Peach's second issue, which was sent off to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Grant Achatz Will Recreate El Bulli's Menu at Chicago's Next

    ​Think it was hard to get into Grant Achatz' Next before? For three months kicking off in January, the restaurant's theme will be centered around Ferran Adria's famous, now-defunct gastronomic temple El Bulli. Achatz and crew will create a 20-course menu that will cover the last 20 years of El ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Government Subsidizes Junk Food; Ferran Adrià Goes from Molecular to Home Cooking

    ​A new report has found that a significant chunk of federal subsidies for commodity crops go toward supporting high fructose corn syrup and three other common food additives used in junk food. [LA Times] Food donated for a nutrition program became contaminated with pesticides in Peru, poisoni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Link Found Between Pesticides and ADHD; Peruvian Food Next Big Thing (Again)

    ​BaoHaus's Sweet Bao fries, portabello fries at Sea Grill, and cactus fries at Toloache are just some of the alternatives to French fries around town these days. [NY Post] Now that we finally have healthy food in school cafeterias, food trucks selling junk are parking nearby to lure kids away ... More >>

  • Film

    July 27, 2011

    Inside a Real Top Chef's Kitchen in El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

    ​BaoHaus's Sweet Bao fries, portabello fries at Sea Grill, and cactus fries at Toloache are just some of the alternatives to French fries around town these days. [NY Post] Now that we finally have healthy food in school cafeterias, food trucks selling junk are parking nearby to lure kids away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Jamie Oliver Gets Flavored Milk Banned in L.A.; Ferran Adrià Teams Up With Pepsi

    ​Superstar chef Ferran Adrià is forming a new partnership now that El Bulli is about to close ... with PepsiCo. [Eater] Jamie Oliver wins one for the kids as the Los Angeles Unified School District decides to ban flavored milks. [LA Times] Twenty coffee experts gather in Santa Marta, Colomb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    David Chang Weighs In On El Bulli; Smucker's Acquires Cuban Favorite Cafe Bustelo

    ​ Barry Estabrook exposes modern tomato fields as "ground zero for modern-day slavery." [Gilt Taste] David Chang, Dan Barber and other famous chefs weigh in on the legacy of Ferran Adria and his soon-to-be-closed restaurant El Bulli. [NY Times]

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    8 Zingers from Gabrielle Hamilton's De Gustibus Cooking Class Last Week

    Melissa HamiltonGabrielle Hamilton, comedienne extraordinaire.​Gabrielle Hamilton has bared all in her bestselling memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter. And she bared a little more at her De Gustibus class last week. Ever entertaining, here were some of the best lines she delivered during her cooking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Posts of the Week

    It's Friday afternoon, and time to look back at the week that was ... Our 10 Best and Cheapest Grand Central Terminal Eats. Imperial No. 9's Sam Talbot talked about egos, mentors, diabetes, and other things. Battle of the Vegan Slices: Viva Herbal Pizzeria faces off with Slice, the Perfect Food. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Food Court Trays As Filthy As Gas Station Toilets; Texas Drought to Raise Wheat, Beef Prices

    ​Frito-Lay has announced it plans make half its snacks sold in the U.S. with only natural ingredients by the end of the year. [Wall Street Journal] Restaurateurs complained to City Hall this week that it's too difficult and expensive to set up shop, despite efforts to make things easier. [NY ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Following in the Footsteps of Ferran Adria

    ​This must be the place! Like millions of other foodies, I'm super-curious about the cuisine of molecular gastronaut Ferran Adria, but I despair of ever tasting it. Eating at elBulli requires years of planning and thousands of dollars in expenses (the dinner alone would set you back $400 per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Another El Bulli Movie?: Lisa Abend's The Sorcerer's Apprentices to Be Adapted to the Big Screen

    Ferran Adrià​Ferran Adrià was in New York this afternoon to speak at an event held at NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center celebrating Spanish food and the release of Lisa Abend's book, The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at elBulli. The book is based on the Time Spain co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    15 Year Old Makes a Pop-Up Dinner, Gets Lots of Press

    Restaurant Girl​Remember Greg Grossman, the teenage culinary whiz? Well, he's back, now at the ripe old age of fifteen. He cooked at The Feast's Pop Art Pop-Up recently and both Blackbook and Restaurant Girl check in with the wunderkid. He surprisingly sounds like a normal teenage boy, enjo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Kevin McGhee 'In' at Picholine; Shlomi Biton 'Out' at Mahjong

    ​Since the shuttering of Xie Xie, Angelo Sosa is keeping busy with projects such as rolling out a new kati roll with the Kati Roll Company. You can even see him behind the counter! [Midtown Lunch] Kevin McGhee, the former sous-chef at Eleven Madison Park, is the new chef de cuisine at Picholi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    The Suhanoskys 'Out' at Sfoglia; Ferran Adrià Plans Two New Spots

    ​Ron Suhanosky and Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky, the couple who opened Sfoglia on the Upper East Side, are no longer involved with the restaurant or its Nantucket big-sister establishment. [Diner's Journal] Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert have announced they're opening two new restaurants i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    The Daily Meal Launches

    ​To the already very crowded food site universe, we can now add another: today, World Wide Interweb birthed The Daily Meal.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Chef Massimo Bottura of Italy's Francescana Spotted Bartending in Little Italy

    Massimo Bottura​Today marked the last day of Identità NY, the fancy Italian food fest held at Eataly over the past three days, where 11 of the world's most acclaimed Italian chefs were invited to cook. The event culminated in an 11-course 60-person $400 meal last night at Manzo Ristorante. On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Ferran Adrià Plans to Get Into Social Networking, Post His Recipes Online

    Ferran Adrià, as seen on Facebook.​Now that he's ensconced at Harvard, Ferran Adrià seems to be in a more virtual frame of mind. According to the Guardian, Adrià recently told a group of students that once his kitchen laboratory -- the one that's replacing El Bulli in 2014 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Aquavit's Marcus Jernmark, Continued: Scandinavian Food as the Next Big Thing, Keeping Kosher (Around the Wife), and the Woman Who Was Allergic to Everything

    Marcus Jernmark​Yesterday, we heard from Marcus Jernmark, the new chef at Aquavit, about the real challenge of going farm-to-table, telling the true story of Scandinavian cuisine, and why he thinks Aquavit was a more pretentious restaurant before he got there. Now, Part 2 of our interview ... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Harvard Kids to Get Schooled in the Fine Art of Successful Club Ownership

    The duo show off their favorite party girl.​Ferran Adria isn't the only new teacher Harvard students are getting. The New York Post reports that nightlife impresarios Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss, best known as the braintrust behind Marquee, will give a talk to Harvard Business School stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Ferran Adria Is Harvard-Bound

    That's Professor Adria to you.​El Bulli won't re-open as a culinary foundation until 2014, but in the meantime, Ferran Adria is going back to school. Specifically, he's headed to Harvard this fall, where he and Jose Andres will co-teach a class on culinary physics. Have a tip or other restaur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Tweeting Chefs Are Tricky; More Salami Recalled

    ​Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products due to possible salmonella contamination. Another 115,000 pounds of salami is being recalled following 1 million pounds recalled last month. [AP] Burger King plans to enter the coffee wars by selling Starbuck ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    El Bulli to Become a Culinary School; Bread Stuy Saved by Neighborly Love

    ​Hotelier Andre Balazs broke his toe, he says, explaining why he was sporting a cane at a party at Kenmare, the new restaurant by Beatrice Inn's Paul Sevigny. [NY Post] What does Bocuse d'Or say about our culinary culture? Well, it's not really about cooking, pens Josh Ozersky. It's about "sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    The Blogroll Gazette: A Shake Shack in Rome; el Bulli Reservations for 2010

    This week, in food blogs... Midtown Lunch got excited about Ma Peche (a.k.a. Momo Midtown) introducing takeout. The Atlantic Food Channel asked the $42,500 question: "Does culinary school matter?" Blondie and Brownie spotted a Shake Shack reference on a menu in Rome.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Meat for Kids Not Up to Scratch; Beer Can Collecting Gone the Way of the Dodo

    ​Public school kids are getting millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn't meet the standards of many fast-food restaurants. McDonald's and Burger King test their ground beef 5-10 times more than the USDA does school meat. [USA Today] Giuseppe Cipriani, the Italian restaurateur who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Study--The Fatter We Are, The More We Pollute

    Using ascorbic acid, glucose, citric acid and 4-O-a-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol, the Michelin-starred French chef Pierre Gagnaire has created what he calls "the world's first entirely synthetic gourmet dish," a recipe comprised entirely of chemical compounds. [London Times] We all know that maintaini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Talking With Jan Bartelsman

    At the Dining in New York City tasting event, we talked with food photographer Jan Bartelsman, the man behind the book who's been shooting food for over twenty years. To see images from the book, go here. Our chat with Bartelsman is after the jump.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Keeping Cubicle Inhabitants From Getting Fat

    At the Dining in New York City tasting event, we talked with food photographer Jan Bartelsman, the man behind the book who's been shooting food for over twenty years. To see images from the book, go here. Our chat with Bartelsman is after the jump.

  • Dining

    May 22, 2007

    Channeling Barcelona

    Escaping gas and wobbly egg at Manhattan's best tapas bar

  • Dining

    June 27, 2006

    Seize the Egg

    Adventures in eating at new Lamb joint on East 5th Street

  • Dining

    December 6, 2005

    Shibam!

    Perfect winter food near the corner of Court and Atlantic

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