Ferran Adria

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Ritz-Carlton's Easter Brunch Is Fit For A King (Or Lottery Winner)

Loads of restaurants are running special menus this Sunday, but the Easter Brunch (10am-3pm) at the Pavilions in the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, is one for gourmets and splurgers. At $84 ($25 for kids), it's only $4 more than the normal brunch, and for that you get the likes of: Slow Roas ... More >>

Five Interesting Food News Stories This Week

Here are five interesting food stories that I've come across during a week of browsing. - Top chef Ferran Adria 'poisons' El Bulli diners with additives - Times Online - Organizations Attempt to Dispel Study's Food Safety Claims - QSR Magazine - Crafty Ways Restaurant Cut Costs - SmartMoney Magazi ... More >>

Thomas Keller Signing Books at South Coast Plaza This Thursday, Nov. 12

​So if you're not on board with the upcoming local appearance of Adam Richman (a.k.a. Fred Savage's forever ravenous evil twin), how about Thomas Keller? Well either way, I'm willing to bet that last sentence of mine is the first to mention both names together in the same breath. Yes, Keller, ... More >>

The 50 Best Restaurants in the World

http://www.noma.dk/​According to this recent CNN article, the world's best restaurant is in Denmark. Noma, as it is called, finally dethroned Ferran Adria's El Bulli, which held the top spot for the past four years. If you're wondering how such a list is made, here's how: the "illustrio ... More >>

On the Line: Danny Godinez of Anepalco's Cafe, Part Uno

Photo by Todd BarnesGodinez putting the finishing strokes on his bomb-ass huevos divorciados​I must admit I wasn't blown away the first time I visited Anepalco's Cafe in Orange--found the chilaquiles a bit too exotic. But I'm always man enough to admit when I was wrong, and I've more than made up ... More >>

On the Line: Danny Godinez of Anepalco's Cafe, Parte Two

​Photo by Todd BarnesBehold the second part of our interview with Danny Godinez, chef and head of the wonderful Anepalco's Cafe in Orange. Rather, behold it after the jump, where he dishes on the superiority of crepes over enchiladas, the raging debate about authentic versus fake Mexican food, and ... More >>

Geek Shopping Site Offers Molecular-Gastronomy Starter Kit for the Home Chef

Can't wait for Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine to come out? Want to channel your inner Marcel and annoy your dinner guests with foams? If you've always known you can do better than Wylie Dufresne and Ferran Adrià, Think Geek--those purveyors of things you never knew you needed, such as Tauntaan slee ... More >>

"The Most Influential Restaurant In The World" Gets a Movie

​Does the world really need a new full-length documentary about Ferran Adrià and his restaurant, El Bulli? The trailer for a new film called El Bulli: Cooking in Progress debuted last week on Apple's movie trailer website and when I watched it, I swear I've already seen the movie before, or at le ... More >>

On the Line: Ryan Carson of AnQi By Crustacean, Part Two

Photo by Laila Derakhshanian​Are you seated comfortably? If not, we suggest a tall, cool drink to keep you company as our interview with chef Ryan Carson continues. Find out his connection to Disney, plus how lechon influenced his childhood. While we touch upon the topic of molecular gastronomy, k ... More >>

German Restaurant Offers Cave-Man Cuisine

http://www.sauvageberlin.com/​Newton's law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So in what seems like a reaction to the modernist/molecular gastronomic bombast of Ferran Adria and all his acolytes, there is a new restaurant in Berlin called Sauvage that serves cav ... More >>

El Bulli Documentary Screens in Long Beach This Sunday

elbullimovie.com​You think you have to cook under pressure this Thanksgiving? Imagine being a young stagiaire and invent a new dish that'll impress the master of avant-garde cuisine Ferran Adrià. That's just one snapshot within the documentary film El Bulli: Cooking in Progress. The only Los Ang ... More >>

A Film Review Of El Bulli: Cooking In Progress

​As we posted earlier this week, the El Bulli movie Cooking in Progress will have it's only LA screening at Sunday, November 27 at 2 p.m. at the Art Theater of Long Beach.I got to see a cut of the film: this is a review. Let it be known that this movie is for the diehard. It will be most appreci ... More >>

New Trailer for Anticipated Sushi Documentary Released

Magnolia Pictures​There is already a movie about ramen. It's called Tampopo, which isn't just one of the best food movies, but in my opinion, one of the greatest films of all time. Now there's a documentary called Jiro Dreams of Sushi where the central subject is Japan's other ubiquitous dish: sus ... More >>

Research Answers Why Western Food Tastes Different From Asian Food

​If there was a question that previously never really needed an answer other than "it just is," it's "Why does Western food taste so different than Asian food?" A few researchers from the University of Cambridge asked and sought to find out because, well, they're researchers.The study, recently pu ... More >>