Juli Soler, El Bulli restaurateur, dies at 66: 'The most influential restaurateur of our time'

Does the world really need a new full-length documentary about Ferran Adrià and his restaurant, El Bulli? The trailer for a new film called El Bulli: Cooking in Progress debuted last week on Apple's movie trailer website and when I watched it, I...

As we posted earlier this week, the El Bulli movie Cooking in Progress will have its only LA screening at Sunday, November 27 at 2 p.m. at the Art Theater of Long Beach. I got to see a cut of the film: this is a review. Let it be known that this...

The minute I walked into OPM Restaurant & Lounge and was led into the room by a curvy hostess in a tight dress, I noticed something peculiar with the crowd: women outnumbered men about 20 to 1. They were all dressed-up, made-up and toasting one...

It’s time for the 17th course to be served at Somni. Seven cooks line up along a marble kitchen counter as spotless as their fitted chefs’ whites. They fan out, delivering cut-glass plates to each of the 10 diners seated in a row in front of them....

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According to this recent CNN article, the world's best restaurant is in Denmark. Noma, as it is called, finally dethroned Ferran Adria's El Bulli, which held the top spot for the past four years. If you're wondering how such a list is made, here's...