Pure Genius, by Robert Parker

I met Francois Chartier in his hometown of Montreal last June. Young,passionate, and a rare talent, Chartier is among the two or three most articulate and intellectual thinkers I have met...  htt

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How Food and Wine Matches Work: Revisiting the groundbreaking book Taste Buds and Molecules

Another great review for Francois Chartier’s best selling book “Taste Buds and Molecules”  - this review was just posted on the Wine Spectator Website – written by Harvey Steiman as a fo

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First look at Taste Buds and Molecules USA!

The prestigious American publishing house Wiley has acquired the rights to publish the English version of Papilles et Molécules (Éditions La Presse) in the United States in 2012.It is qui

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elBulli – one last lap for Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler and the entire team of the legendary Catalan restaurant

July 30, 2011, On the evening of Saturday, July 30th, 2011, elBulli will be serving its very last creations. Even before it occurs, this date already had its place in the history of world cuisine, as

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Quebec premiere of El Bulli – Cooking in Progress, with sommelier and writer François Chartier

Open-air RIDM screening   Montreal, July 18, 2011 – The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), in collaboration with the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) and Quartier des spect

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