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Ferran Adria
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 14
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My idol was Johann Cruyff (a Dutch soccer player) and I wanted to be like him. But when I realized that I would never be, I decided to do something else. I met the kitchen by chance and quickly became completely enamoured by it.
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You need an entire life just to know about tomatoes.
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You may say, Oh, no. You can't touch a traditional recipe. But we ask: why can't you? Back in 1350, a vinaigrette was a stew, so we ask, why not? This can be applied to any kind of cooking, and that's the shocking part of it. It kind of bends all the traditions. It's a good thing.
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Food is about being happy - at a table, thats probably where we spend most of our happiest hours.
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Like all disciplines where information is shared and work contributes to their advancement, cuisine should be no different. The kitchen is our life, and we are available to share. We want to share our work so that future generations can cook and create a more efficient, easy and unquestionable quality.
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If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?
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Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster.
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Could you imagine people eating a painting - if they could introduce a painting into their bodies? It's probably the artist's dream, and we have the opportunity to do so.
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I'm not a materialist, I don't care for things. I don't like cars, I hate things that can be exploited. I live a simple life. The only luxuries I have in my life are travel and food.
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I think my virtue was I never thought This is impossible.
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I cant live without activity I cant be sedentary.
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When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.
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If you think well, you cook well.
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When people think science and cooking, they have no idea that it's not correctly expressed. We're actually applying the scientific method. People think chemistry and physics are science, but the scientific method is something else.... It's the science that the world of cooking generates: science of butter science of the croissant.
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We'll work with any designer producing something linked to gastronomy. So a chair for the dining area, a van to move food around. Anything that's connected to the gastronomic process.
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You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.
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When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses.
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I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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