- 278 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Arzak Secrets
About This Book
A cookbook offering recipes, tips, and techniques, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the Spanish restaurant famous for its New Basque cuisine. Juan Mari Arzak is the owner and chef of Arzak restaurant in San Sebastian, Spain, and was one of the first Spanish chefs to be awarded 3 Michelin stars. The restaurant is now rated 8th best in the world, and Juan's daughter Elena, who cooks with him, was voted best female chef in the world in 2012. They both studied with the great chefs of their dayâJuan in France with Paul Bocuse and the Troisgros brothers; Elena with Alain Ducasse, Ferran AdrĂŹa, and Pierre Gagnaire. "What we eat, how we eat, is in our culture, " says Elena, "Our signature cuisine is Basque. Our taste is from here. We were born here. We cook unconsciously with this identity." Thus, Arzak is considered to be one of the most influential masters of the New Basque cuisine, which has continued to have a major influence on international cuisine, particularly on such world-renowned chefs as Ferran AdriĂ , who took the techniques pioneered by Arzak to new heights. Now available in English for the first time, Arzak Secrets is a gorgeously photographed glimpse at some of the secrets behind the dishes that have made the restaurant and chef famous. Arzak's kitchen is a laboratory for flavors, aromas, and textures. His dishes and techniques are revealed in this fascinating cookbook, which is not only for professionals looking for inspiration but for any dedicated cook committed to understanding the creative development and innovations behind this exceptional food.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title
- Prologue
- Oils, new colours, aromas and flavour
- Sea vegetables
- The flavour of porcelain
- Always in fashion
- A very versatile giant
- So ancient, so modern
- Harry Potterâs cauldron
- A consuming passion
- Its name frightens, its taste enchants
- The third spice
- The purifying bonfire
- The squaring of the circle?
- Green, how I love you, green
- Metamorphosis
- Crystal clear
- From necessity ... to pleasure
- With flowers again
- Consensual deception
- Ingesting nature
- The garden of aromas
- With a pair
- Smoke from hot coals
- An agreeable and tasty jab
- Sweet, healthy and natural
- Cultural bridge
- The gelatine revival
- Eternal Youth
- Cinderella with blue blood
- Sublimations of flavours
- An American adopted son
- Powder â white, pure and innovative
- Itâs gold, silver or bronze . . .that glitters
- Scalded kisses
- Leaves that do not fall
- A paper, without paper
- Donât even leave the leftovers!
- And to dust you shall return
- The subversion of colour
- Candles and a boot
- The poetry of food
- Tough lifeboats
- The near and the far
- The forest on a plate
- Magical spheres
- Soft drink precursor