El Celler de Can Roca by Joan Roca and Josep Roca and Jordi Roca
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- ISBN 10 1910690295
- ISBN 13 9781910690291
- Linked ISBNs
- 9788493891084 Hardcover (Spain) 6/14/2013
- Published Oct 28 2016
- Format Hardcover
- Page Count 480
- Language English
- Edition Redux Ed
- Countries United Kingdom, United States
- Publisher Grub Street Cookery
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El Celler de Can Roca is the three-Michelin-starred Catalan restaurant in Spain which was opened in 1986 by the Roca brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi. In 2015, it was once again named the best restaurant in the world by the Restaurant magazine. The Times restaurant critic A.A. Gill compared the restaurant to former restaurant El Bulli, which was once ranked as the number one restaurant in the world, saying that it was an ‘outstanding kitchen, and part of the great confident wave of new Spanish food that is complex, technically exhausting, aware of the landscape, history and politics.
The first edition of El Celler de Can Roca The Book was published in Spanish in a giant format weighing an incredible 5 kilos and retailing at 90 euros. This new smaller, redux edition is appearing in English for the first time. An amazing book, this is the definitive work about El Celler de Can Roca. Fully illustrated in color throughout it gathers the thoughts of writer Josep Maria Fonalleras in ‘A day at El Celler’.
Here is the history, philosophy, techniques, values, sources of inspiration, creative processes, of this band of extraordinary chefs with over 90 detailed recipes, and a collection of the 240 most outstanding dishes from the 25-year history of this magnificent restaurant. An open door to the secrets of El Celler de Can Roca, revealed in 16 chapters and organized according to the sources of inspiration that nurture the Roca brothers: Tradition, Memory, Academia, Product, Landscape, Wine, Chromaticism, Sweet, Transversal Creation, Perfume, Innovation, Poetry, Freedom, Boldness, Magic, Sense of Humor.
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- The Desserts of Jordi Roca: More Than 80 Sweet Recipes
- The Desserts of Jordi Roca: Over 80 Dessert Recipes
- Roots: Essential Catalan Cuisine According to El Celler de Can Roca
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