“We’re always searching for an association that allows the dish to make sense on a fundamental level–a connection we can build the finishing elements on.”
“We made a dish with no reference points in the past nor in other lands.”
Examining in depth a single ingredient.
Mapping ingredients and creating a knowledge bank.
“It’s almost as if our intuition wants more than our mind is capable of understanding. But from that moment, you subconsciously start gathering the tools for it to make sense down the line.”
“A new tool for us, a way of creating brightness…a way to sharpen anything, really.”
“Creativity is the ability to store the special moments, big or small, that occur throughout your life, then being able to see how they connect to the moment you’re in. When past and present merge, something new happens.”
“Gut reactions are just as important in discarding an idea as they are in generating one. The answer that appears milliseconds after a question is posed is likely to be the purest, most honest answer you have.”
“Efficiency and longevity are the difficult things to achieve in any creative activity.”
(Ferran Adrià)
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