Last Dance For El Bulli [The Lens of Massimo Bottura]

El Bulli as the world knew it, is now merely a place of lore and legend.  It was, is, and always will be a worldwide marker of seminal gastronomic importance in the way we Americans … Read more →

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress [Documentaries]

Ferran Adrià is a culinary god.  El Bulli is his muse. El Bulli: Cooking in Progress is a newish documentary that attempts to surmise in film what so many have praised as the best culinary … Read more →

Chef Jose Andres Hits 60-Minutes

José Andrés is one of those chefs I actually go gaga for.  In fact, I’m so batshit crazy that I have a tentative plane flight scheduled for the not too distant future for one reason: … Read more →

A Little On Molecular Cooking (AKA Molecular Gastronomy)

From Hervé This to Ferran Adrià to our own Richard Blais, science in the kitchen is all the rage.  Though molecular cooking finds its’ roots in molecular gastronomy, the two phrases have become synonymous with … Read more →

Tokyo Taste 2009 – Another Exciting Out Of Town Event

I love to hear about all the international conventions going on!  I am never able to attend, so I basically get the neener-neener feeling by simply visiting the website of the offending event!  That said, … Read more →

Sotohiro Kosugi Rocks Madrid Fusion 2009 And My High School Spanish Teacher Rejoices

The past few months, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time looking at the Madrid Fusion website.   Well, the event has wrapped and the food scene is abuzz.  Many great American chefs took part in … Read more →