Ferran Adrià, the most influential chef in the world who has just closed the doors of elBulli, an emblematic Catalan table of avant-garde cuisine for more than fifteen years, is releasing his first family cookbook. A total of 31 menus and 93 recipes for cooking simple and tasty dishes were tasted by the elBulli team every day before the service.
This book has been produced as a manual for the perfect cook with advice on how to do your shopping and organize your kitchen, essential basic recipes, a precise schedule for each menu. It is the only family cookbook that offers recipes with proportions for 2 people, 6 people, 20 people and 75 people.
A photographic step-by-step for each dish (more than 1500 images), which guarantees the success of everyday classics such as guacamole, roast chicken or chocolate cake. A wealth of economical ideas for large families, lunches with friends and parties. Family meal is the essential cookbook to offer for Christmas!
(Phaidon - October 6, 2011)
Ferran Adrià was born in 1962. He is recognized as one of the greatest chefs in the world. For years, his talent, his creativity and his legendary gastronomic innovations, particularly with molecular cuisine, have inspired his colleagues and cooking enthusiasts around the world, and have made elBulli the benchmark it is today.