302253 Tue Apr 12 12:13:33 -0700 2005 7 29 Not About Food 0 1691040 Did anyone catch the Tony Bourdain special on Food Network last night...fascinating man...fascinating science/food thing going on. Kind of alluring, kind of disturbing... I live in the back woods, never hear of the guy until I read Gourmet this month and then it was only a passing reference, so I was kind of spellbound. Here's a link to the Time Magazine blurb about him...quite the chef as artist photo, he wasn't that scary looking on TV. Link: http://www.time.com/time/innovators/culinary/profile_adria.html Tue Apr 12 12:13:33 -0700 2005 0 Cyndy 1 1691046 Unfortunately, it wasn't on in the states, only in Canada. I heard about it from a blog who had something of a rant about it. Link: http://www.gastronomie-sf.com/2005/04/can_i_move_to_c.html Tue Apr 12 13:59:43 -0700 2005 1691040 0 Annan 2 1691052 Yes, I heard that later on egullet...Bourdain was excellent...and he didn't have a single cigarette on camera, which has to be some kind of record! I'm dying to get my hands on the El Bulli book...but it is prohibitively expensive and will probably never appear in the library. Tue Apr 12 14:40:04 -0700 2005 1691046 0 Cyndy 3 1691100 Go to www.jbprince.com and either search for "bulli" or look under the "books" link and then look for a small loan.. Link: http://www.jbprince.com Wed Apr 13 18:13:53 -0700 2005 1691052 0 Jose 3 1691158 I met a Food Network programming exec today from the US. She had never heard of the program. I clued her in! Thu Apr 14 22:48:13 -0700 2005 1691052 0 snackish 1 1691160 There is a great 11 page story in Esquire about Ferram Adria. Unfortunately you now have to pay to get the article, but IMO, it is worth the $2.95 if you are insterested in this chef. There was also this article in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,469186,00.html However, the Esquire Article was so much better. Hope to catch the tv show some time. Not that I follow the Chowhound International board that much, but I don't think anyone has posted about a dinner at El Bulli. They talk about all sorts of things, reservations, lodgings, but I don't remember a dinner report. Link: http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Esquire/2001/07/01/138807?from=search&criteria=El+BUlli Thu Apr 14 23:26:36 -0700 2005 1691040 0 Krys 2 1691166 There are dinner reports from El Bulli on the International board and many more over at egullet. I'll post one of my own this summer. Fri Apr 15 07:51:42 -0700 2005 1691160 0 butterfly 3 1691177 When this summer? We are going the end of July & hope you'll have a report in before that! Fri Apr 15 11:50:35 -0700 2005 1691166 0 torta basilica