New in Theaters:
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Rumors and hyperbole always swirled around El Bulli, the fabled restaurant near Barcelona, as thickly and incessantly as foodies buzzed around its culinary ring-leader, Ferran Adria. Stories about Adria’s fantastical offerings were traded among the culinary jet-set and the kind of gastronomic adventurers who photograph what they’re eating for their blogs, with rapt and lavish descriptions of things like trout egg tempura, tagliatelli of shaved foie gras, something called popcorn clouds, and all that liquid nitrogen. His team of chefs were lauded for their experimental approach to food, which deconstructed ingredients and then remixed them into fantastic new creations, much a DJ might whip up a thrilling new composition out of old clips and samples…
The documentary El Bulli: Cooking in Progress is playing now in limited release — seeing it is the closest you’re likely to get to experiencing Adria’s cooking. You can read the full review at filmcritic.com.
