The pilgrimage to Spain to visit the revolutionary Spanish restaurant, El Celler de Can Roca, is a must for anyone seriously interested in gastronomy. There is little that hasn´t already been said ( and praised) about this place but we can safely say that after an afternoon here is is easy to understand the hype and to clarify that, unbelievably, the
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Spanish Chef Ferran Adrià has unveiled plans to establish BulliPedia – an online culinary bible of modern cuisine. We are excited to hear that at the Wired 2012 conference in London recently , the chef revealed more details of the project.
According to Eater, The BulliPedia website is finally live and in two months chefs Grant Achatz, Heston Blumenthal and Spanish chef Joan Roca will have access to the site so they can provide feedback. Described as the ”world’s first culinary Wiki,” the BulliPedia is still being developed. ”The goal is to have the site totally up and running by the end of 2014,” Adria told Eater. Read more
The legacy of French cuisine is being honored at a major gastronomy festival in San Sebastian, Spain this week, where some of the top chefs from France have been invited to represent the past, present and future of their country’s culinary heritage.
As Hilario Arbelaitz said at this years San Sebastian Gastronomika Festival “Basque Cuisine has changed with the influence of French Cuisine. France is an example to all of us!”
This food and wine congress , on the 30th of September at Hotel Me in Barcelona, is the first international congress on the harmony and interaction between wine and cuisine and the complementary nature of both on gastronomic menus.
Everybody in the “foodies” world in Spain knows Spanish chefs Ferran & Albert Adria’s Tickets restaurant and 41º coctail bar next door in the bohemian Parallel avenue of Barcelona. Now, from April 20th the lucky (or well connected) ones who will be able to get a booking, will enjoy the “Frosted Rain” futuristic dining experience there. Read more
We are delighted to hear that our good friends at Spanish Restaurant, Celler de Can Roca , have received yet another award! Yesterday, in Paris, The International Academy of Gastronomy, formed by 22 individual countries, held its General Assembly and Spanish chef Joan Roca of our beloved Celler de Can Roca in Girona received The Grand Prix de l’Art de la Cuisine 2011.
Madridfusion, the highly influential three-day gastronomic conference,brings together elite chefs and experts in the culinary field to discuss avant-garde trends, the evolution of tastes and new Spanish food habits.
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Barcelona was chosen to celebrate the presentation party of the new Spain Michelin Guide 2012, which took place last night at the Palace in all its splendor. Read more
Various individuals from the wine and hospitality sectors including Ferran Centelles of El Bulli and Josep Roca of El Celler de Can Roca will give talks on “wine production and enjoyment as part of the culinary experience” at the international culinary congress, San Sebastián Gastronomika 2011 – commencing Monday, 21 November. Read more
Some of the world’s leading chefs and sommeliers, including Spanish chefs Ferran Adria and Jose Andres have given their support to a coalition calling for truth in wine labelling. Both Spanish chefs have signed an open letter lending their support to protect wine place names. Others who have given support are The French Laundry’s Thomas Keller and Pontus Elofsson of Noma, Joel Robuichon, Wolfgang Puck and Alain Ducasse.
The Spanish Chef, Jose Andres, who has restaurants in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Washington DC said, ‘We support the Joint Declaration to protect wine place and origin because place names are central to understanding the foods and wines we work with every day’.
The United States has agreed, in a deal signed last year between US and Europe, to prevent new wine producers from using the names ‘port’ and other semi-generic names such as Sherry and Burgundy. However, the agreement has a ‘special clause’ that allows producers in the market before March 2006 to continue the practice in some cases.
The Declaration to Protect Wine Place and Origin, a coalition first formed in 2005, has the support of 15 wine regions including Champagne, Jerez, Porto and Napa and according to the Napa Valley Vintners Association, producers from countries as wide ranging as Germany and China have put ‘Napa’ or similarly misleading labels on their wines.
The coalition hopes that, with the support of chefs and food and wine experts this will persuade lawmakers to better protect wine place names.
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