9 Nov, 2010 @ 10:07
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Frying water

FRYING water may sound impossible.

But it is the title of a fascinating new exhibition focusing on the work of three chefs, Elena Arzak, Xabier Gutiérrez and Igor Zalakain.

From the world renowned three Michelin starred Basque restaurant Arzak in San Sebastien the trio are credited for their culinary masterpieces.

Now, this exhibition combining food and art, gives the public a chance to see their creative process.

It reveals how they carry out their culinary research with the unique multimedia installation by Marta Arzak being divided into seven sections.

There are: recipes, the spice room, preparation in a flash (a speeded-up projection of the different stages of preparation), getting the “crack” (an audio recording of some of the usual sounds in the laboratory), culinary terms, smashing dishes (showing different ways of presenting food) and a dead end, (real images of tests, both successful and unsuccessful).

Chef Elena Arzak said: “There is a creativity that develops in the kitchen comparable to other artistic activities.”

The exhibition at the Fundacion Pilar I Joan Miro in Mallorca runs until January 9, 2011.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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