Harvard SEAS lecture 12/4/11 – Ferran Adrià

I don’t have a ton of things to say about the lecture.  So, here’s a quick summary: Translator? José Andrés . Other guests spotted in the audience? Carles Tejedor, David Chang, Najat Kaanache, Harold McGee, and I think Pere Planagumà. José Andrés is the most awesome Spanish translator. Even though he’s translating for his good [...]

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SEAS lecture 10/10/11, Jose Andres

Jose Andres (of minibar, America Eats, Jaleo, Zaytinya, and Oyamel) came to Harvard again this semester to talk to us about “Gelation.” He is still a very awesome guest lecturer. Different from last year? Rather than talk and watch video demos, Jose and his team demonstrated the behavior of water with each of the different [...]

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amusement

It so happened that, after I attended the José Andrés lecture, Asano-mama was going to DC to attend the Restore Sanity rally. She was taking recommendations on places to go. Of course, my immediate answer was “eat at a José Andrés’ restaurant!” lol! Well, she did. She went to Zaytinya, and came home with very good [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, 10/26/10, José Andrés

Overall impression of José Andrés? He is a wonderfully animated man and I really, really enjoyed his lecture. Anyway… Dave hosted the lecture last night. I missed last week, but apparently the Recipe of the Week was aioli (last week’s theme was emulsions). Tonight, the theme was “gelation and spherification” and the Recipe of the [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, 10/26/10 teaser

José Andrés is awesome. Like… really awesome.  ^_^ ~Mikan

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