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twist. I’d love some advice, or better still your help.
Together with my wife and good friend, I was lucky enough to see Ferran Adria
speak late last year at the Arts Centre. We were inspired by his passion for
food and, [...]
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I got Ferran Adria fatigue and can only now face answering those questions. It’s not as bad as my Gordon Ramsay fatigue. Anyway I’m over it now. My main task was to ask questions for other publications so not everything was answered in full.
In case you missed it Adria was launching his book “A Day [...]
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Ferran Adria arrives in Australia on Thursday next week for his sold-out audience on the 19th at Hamer Hall (put on by the good folk at Melbourne Food and Wine). He’s here with his translator to spruik his book “A day at El Bulli” and I’m lucky enough to have 30 minutes with him on [...]
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It’s a mistake when visiting the UK not to enjoy the country’s media while munching on Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, potted shrimps on toast and home made blackberry and (scrumped) apple pies – especially its critics and attack dog journalists.
At the top of the tree are Jeremy Paxman, AA Gill, the god Jeremy Clarkson and [...]
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Sorry to repeat myself, but a few Age readers come to this blog and it is a big story that Ferran Adria is coming to Melbourne in October courtesy of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival and his publisher Phaidon. He is here as part of his world tour, which includes Sydney, to promote his [...]
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Thanks to Matt Preston, creative director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, for sharing his exclusive from El Bulli’s Ferran Adria:
I caught up with Mr Adria and a few journos at MadridFusion08 in Jan. His
opening response was to a question about what the big changes in food were
this year. His answer was translated from [...]
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Photography: Christina Simons
Anthony Bourdain on trends in casual eating: “Joel Robushon is doing a more casual stuff in Paris. It’s a chef led thing and I think it’s good for the world to take a little bit of stuffiness out of dining.”He says the ingredients and technique are still impeccable but the eating is fun.
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