TY - BOOK AU - Abend,Lisa TI - The sorcerer's apprentices: a season in the kitchen at Ferran AdriĆ 's elBulli SN - 1439175551 AV - TX649.A1 A24 2011 U1 - 641.5092 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - AdriĆ , Ferran KW - elBulli (Restaurant) KW - Cooks KW - Training of KW - Spain KW - Rosas KW - Restaurants KW - Employees N1 - Includes index N2 - "Kitchen Confidential" meets "Heat" in the first behind-the-scenes portrait of the world's best restaurant and the aspiring chefs who toil to make it so exceptional. Elected best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine an unprecedented five times, El Bulli is the laboratory of Ferran Adria, the maverick creator of molecular gastronomy. Behind each of the thirty or more courses that make up a meal at El Bulli is a small army of young cooks who do the work of executing Adria's vision in exchange for nothing more than the chance to learn at his hands. Granted unprecedented access to this guild system, Lisa Abend follows the thirty-five stagiaries of the 2009 season as they struggle to master the grueling hours, cutting-edge techniques, and interpersonal tensions that come with working at the most revered restaurant on earth UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010036721-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010036721-b.html ER -