{"product_id":"the-sorcerers-apprentices-a-season-in-the-kitchen-at-ferran-adris-elbulli-9781451626629","title":"The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's Elbulli","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback--\u003ci\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eHeat \u003c\/i\u003ein the first behind-the-scenes portrait of the world's most influential restaurant and the aspiring culinary geniuses who toiled to make it so exceptional. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AT ELBULLI? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elected best restaurant in the world by \u003ci\u003eRestaurant \u003c\/i\u003emagazine an unprecedented five times, elBulli is where chef Ferran Adrià's remarkable cuisine comes to life--with dragon cocktails that make the drinker breathe smoke and caviar made from tiny spheres of olive oil. elBulli is also the object of culinary pilgrimage--millions clamor every year for a reservation at one of its tables. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet few people know that, behind each of the thirty or more courses that make up a meal at elBulli, a small army of stagiaires--apprentice chefs--labor at the precise, exhausting work of executing Adrià's astonishing vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's elBulli, \u003c\/i\u003eLisa Abend explores the remarkable system that Adrià uses to run his restaurant and, in the process, train the next generation of culinary stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, food has become the focus of unprecedented attention, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sorcerer's Apprentices \u003c\/i\u003e explores the strange evolution--in less than two decades--of a once-maligned profession into a source of celebrity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Abend \u003c\/b\u003ehas been \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's correspondent in Spain for the past three years. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eBon Appetit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFood and Wine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492497592594,"sku":"9781451626629","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2530d6bf-3fe4-4618-8cff-9331962eb89d.jpg?v=1730595167","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sorcerers-apprentices-a-season-in-the-kitchen-at-ferran-adris-elbulli-9781451626629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}