A Day at elBulli
Harold McGee doesn't much like the term molecular gastronomy. I'd guess however that it is a label many of us instictively understand, even if it is inherently misleading.
Whichever form of words one prefers, Ferran Adrià, Heston Blumenthal and Grant Achatz are all widely regarded as leading proponents of this school of cookery.
I recently worked myself into a lather of excitement at the prospect of a face-off this November between The Big Fat Duck Cookbook and the Alinea Cookbook. Things have just got a darn sight better. Ferran Adrià is publishing his new book at the end of October. A Day at elBulli, is billed by publisher Phaidon as "An exclusive look behind the scenes of elBulli...Includes over 1,200 photographs documenting the painstaking preparations for just one day of service."
It does sound a bit more like a picture book than Ferran's previous offerings, or the cheffy books due from Heston and Grant. Nonetheless, the prospect of all three coming on each others' heels is exciting. Or at least it is for a cookbook obsessive like me.
OOOOH! Indeed! Upping the ante. Now, this is something to look forward to.
Posted by: Niamh | 18 June 2008 at 05:59 PM