Guru to a new generation of chefs from Chicago to Copenhagen, Spain s Ferran Adria has been featured on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of our times and touted by the press as an alchemist and a genius. His restaurant, El Bulli, was ranked first on Restaurant Magazine s Top 50 list in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and has retained this title in 2009. Considered food s preeminent futurist, a mad Catalonian scientist, and the godfather of culinary foam and other gastronomic advances, the Alicia Foundation distills Adria s culinary knowledge into a practical handbook that will...