Category Archives: Madrid Fusión

Sunday Photo – Meet the Press

Superstar chefs Andoni Luiz Aduriz of Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain and Alex Atala of D.O.M. in Sao Paolo, Brazil are interviewed at the same time and at the same table in the Press Room at Madrid Fusión 2013.
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Highlights of Madrid Fusión 2013 – Part 2 – Weisner, Aduriz and Albert Adría

My second installment from Madrid Fusión covers three very different presentations from Day 2′s main stage. Swiss chef Stefan Weisner prepared a single dish, but did so by fashioning everything about it right on stage. Andoni Luis Aduriz and his [...]

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David Muñoz and his Daring DiverXo

We live in a world of trends. They get started by one or a few and once they get going it is sometimes difficult to separate the creators from those who follow. Fusion cooking, that is the deliberate mixing of [...]

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Highlights of Madrid Fusión 2013 – Part 1 – Alija, Reitbauer & Arzak

The theme for the 2013 Madrid Fusión was “Creativity Continues.” I went to Madrid with my son intending to catch all three days and capture as much as we could to record here. Unfortunately, we both got sick and missed [...]

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Sunday Photo – Cochinillo – Casa Botín, Madrid

There really aren’t too many things in this world more delicious than a perfectly roasted suckling pig like this one here at Casa Botín in Madrid. Recognized by Guiness as the oldest restaurant in the world (it opened in 1725), [...]

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Europe 2013 – Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 2 – Madrid Fusión

Though not quite 100% on Tuesday, we managed to get up and make our way out to the IFEMA site for the second day of Madrid Fusión. I was sadly disappointed to have missed both David Muñoz and Pascal Barbot [...]

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Europe 2013 – Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 1 – Madrid

It was an ambitious trip. Starting in Madrid, we would attend and cover the seminal Chef’s Congress, Madrid Fusión, all while partaking in some of Madrid and Spain’s finest contemporary and traditional restaurants like DiverXo and Casa Botín amongst others. [...]

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Madrid Fusion Day Three – Dissonant Flavors – Gennaro Esposito

I could not and did not make the first presentations of the day. Ther evening before, I and a number of other people had become sick from something, presumably something that we had eaten. I first noticed not feeling well [...]

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Madrid Fusión – Day Two – Watching History

While there was plenty of culinary history being made at the Congress, by late Tuesday afternoon, I and many other Americans at the Congress were interested in observing history of a different sort – the inauguration of the first black [...]

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Madrid Fusión – Day Two – Los Mexicanos

This year's Madrid Fusión regional focus was on Mexico with some of Mexico's most well known and best chefs invited and attending. At the conclusion of Enrique Olvera's presentation, they gathered for special recognition. They are from L-R: Ricardo [...]

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