This is not a joke

This post recounts a major culinary event last week in New York where 10 great chefs of Spain gave a joint seminar on their groundbreaking cooking techniques in front of 1,000 attendees. Some of the food these guys served up was truly wacked out. My favorite is Dirt essence foam over an oyster “Treasure Island” from Catalonian chef Joan Roca. For this dish Roca utilizes something called a Vacuum Distiller machine used to extracts dirt essence from Catalonian soil, presumably to give food a distinct earthy flavor (no pun intended).