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"More than just the most influential chef of the late- twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries, Ferran Adri� is arguably the greatest culinary revolutionary of our time. Hailed as a genius and a prophet by fellow chefs, worshipped (if often misunderstood) by critics and lay diners alike, Adri� is imitated and paid homage to in professional kitchens, and in more than a few private ones, all over the world. A reservation at his restaurant, El Bulli, is so coveted that scoring a table is harder than nabbing fifty-yard-line tickets for the Super Bowl. In his lively, and unprecedented, close-up portrait of Adri�, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef's rise from resort hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be ""the world's best restaurant."" Taking the listener from Adri�'s Franco-era childhood near Barcelona through El Bulli's wildly creative ""disco-beach"" days and into the modern-day wonderland of Adri�'s restaurant kitchen and the workshop/laboratory where his innovations are born and refined, Andrews blends sweeping storytelling with culinary history to explore Adri�'s extraordinary contributions to the way we eat. Through original techniques like deconstruction, spherification, and the creation of culinary foams and airs, Adri� has profoundly reimagined the basic characteristics of food's forms, while celebrating and intensifying the natural flavors of his raw materials. Yet, argues Andrews, these innovations may not be his most impressive achievements. Instead, Adri�'s sheer creativity and courageous imagination are his true genius--a genius that transcends the chef's m�tier and can inspire and enlighten all of us. Early in 2010, Ferran stunned the food world by announcing that he plans to close El Bulli at the end of the 2011 season for a two-year hiatus. Chefs, critics, and food-lovers everywhere are asking what that means for this legendary chef and his groundbreaking restaurant. Andrews reveals the inside story, from Ferran himself. Entertaining and intimate, Ferran brings to life the most exciting food movement of our time and illuminates the ways in which Adri� has changed our world--forever altering our understanding of and appreciation for food and cooking."

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Coming soon... Don Hagen is a professional voice-over actor and narrator. His voice can be heard in radio and television commercials, documentaries, museum audio guides, award shows, television sponsor credits, and award shows nationwide. He is a well-known audiobook narrator who has narrated hundreds of works, including Gordie Howe's Mr. Hockey and A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign by Gabriel Schoenfeld, as well as classics such as Tuesdays with Morrie and The Great Gatsby.

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