Notes and Technique Takeaways from the 25th Anniversary of Gastronomika

Last month, Joan Roca, Quique Dacosta, Ferran Adrià, and Pedro Subijana sat in the front row of Kursaal Congress Centre theater in San Sebastián. And they took notes. The Spanish mega chefs had gathered for the 25th anniversary of Gastronomika, the world’s first international gastronomy conference. 

Back in 1998, when Gastronomika was founded, folks had to...