Hannah Collins. The Fragile Feast: Routes to Ferran Adria

Hannah Collins, Mark Holborn, Noble, Richard, Schube, Inka, Williams, Gilda

ISBN 10: 3775732101 / ISBN 13: 9783775732109

Published by Hatje Cantz, 2011

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The Fragile Feast was born of a creative collaboration between the artist and photographer Hannah Collins (*1956 in London) and Catalan star chef Ferran Adria and offers scintillating insight into the origins of extraordinary food from different cultures. Collins sought out the original sources of an exclusive selection of around thirty foods and ingredients Adria uses in his famous restaurant elBulli. The images feature the cultivated landscapes of their origin as well as the physical properties of the respective foods, accompanying them during their transformation into products and their journeys through processing and regional preparation. From edible rose petals to sea anemones, in sensuous photographs and with the aid of vibrantly narrative texts the publication conveys an impression of what is currently considered nutritious and healthy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hannah Collins. The Fragile Feast: Routes to Ferran Adria
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775732101
• ISBN 13: 9783775732109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
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Synopsis

The Fragile Feast is the fruit of a collaboration between London-born, Barcelona-based artist and photographer Hannah Collins and the Catalan star chef Ferran Adrià, internationally acknowledged as one of the greatest chefs in the world. Adrià’s restaurant El Bulli, in Barcelona, which closed on July 31, 2011, was ranked top restaurant in the world for several consecutive years on the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, drawing gastronomes from far and wide; as he likes to say, “the ideal customer doesn’t come to El Bulli to eat but to have an experience.” Adrià is also famed for his sourcing of ingredients, and in The Fragile Feast, Collins photographs 30 ingredients from the master chef’s kitchen, tracking them all the way from the farm to their final culinary presentation. Along the way, Collins portrays the landscapes in which these ingredients are grown and through which they travel en route to El Bulli.