New Kitchen Equipment

This video is amazing! A unique kitchen set up as shown at the Food Pairing conference in Belgium earlier this week.
Follow the link:
http://q2.rvbid.be/

The Flemish Primitives

Here's a link to the video of the recent Food Pairing conference in Belgium.
http://www.theflemishprimitives.com/

Croquanter kit

Bought this great kit from Hector at OTB foods, Toronto (otbfoods@rogers.com). The kit comes from the Albert and Ferran Adria range of products. It has various stencil shapes and dehydrator mats. You'll need isomalt, sugar, glucose and the main ingredient (mango) to make these glass chips. For the yogurt chips you'll also need the powdered yogurt called yopol which is a Textura product. OTB has the full range of Textura products.

Ferran Adria in Toronto Oct 8, 2008

The Cookbook Store, Toronto will be hosting Ferran Adrià in celebration of his new book:
A Day at elBulli: An Insight into the Ideas, Methods and Creativity of Ferran Adrià.
In April 2008, elBulli was voted the #1 restaurant in the world, for the third year in a row, at the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards.
Here is a chance to hear the man Time magazine declared one of the 100 most influential people of our time. The master of Molecular Gatsronomy is in Toronto for one night only.

Followed by Q & A and book signing.
When: Wednesday, October 8th, 4:30pm
Where: Isabel Bader Theatre, at Victoria University in The University of Toronto, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto
Tickets: $95 in advance only at The Cookbook Store 416-920-2665 or 1-800-268-6018
Ticket price includes the new book A Day at elBulli

Ferran Adria is coming to Toronto, Host- The Cookbook Store

AN EXCLUSIVE EVENT with Ferran Adrià chef-patron of elBulli restaurant
We are delighted to be hosting Ferran Adrià in celebration of his new book:
A Day at elBulli: An Insight into the Ideas, Methods and Creativity of Ferran Adrià (on sale October 2008).
In April 2008, elBulli was voted the #1 restaurant in the world, for the third year in a row, at the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards.
elBulli receives over 2 million requests for 8,000 reservations for the six months the restaurant is open. To make the pilgrimage, to taste the ever changing 30 course menu showcasing Adria's spectacular pioneering culinary techniques, may not happen for all of us, but here is a chance to hear the
man Time magazine declared one of the 100 most influential people of our time.
On stage interview with Ferran Adrià
Followed by Q & A and book signing.
When: Wednesday, October 8th, 4:30pm
Where: Isabel Bader Theatre, at Victoria University in The University of Toronto, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto
Tickets: $95 in advance only at The Cookbook Store 416-920-2665 or 1-800-268-6018
Ticket price includes the new book A Day at elBulli

Colborne Lane

Last week's 15 course tasting menu at Colborne Lane in Toronto was amazing. The flavours, techniques and presentation were world class. Chef Claudio Aprile and his team executed one of the best meals I have ever had.

Here's just two of the courses.

Frozen cream bon bon filled with liquid coffee liqueur.
Miso black cod with puffed tapioca, chive cream, sesame panna cotta on crushed pistachios.