Wednesday, October 06, 2010

The new book about Ferran Adria

There's a pretty caustic review of the new biography of Spanish avant garde chef Ferran Adria in the New York Times today. It's actually quite amusing to read, in fact. The latest issue of Wine Spectator is more charitable, but still finds the descriptions of the dining experience lacklustre -- which they kindly put down to the impossibility of describing "genius", they say. I don't know if the review is fair to the book or not, though I have found the NYT pretty reliable, but it is nice to have a more definitive statement from a reviewer on whether a book is worth my time, money and effort to read.

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