EL BULLI’S EXCLUSIVE WINE COLLECTION GOES ON THE BLOCK
Wine lovers and gourmands will get a chance to grab a piece of El Bulli history next April, when Sotheby’s auctions off 8,807 bottles curated by the restaurant’s director Juli Soler and the sommelier team over the last 27 years of Adrià’s tenure. The auction is expected to haul in an estimate of up to $1.6 million USD, all of which will go towards the El Bulli Foundation, a culinary think tank, and Bullipedia, a digital project Adrià has described as the culinary equivalent of Wikipedia. Adrià closed El Bulli last summer at the height of its popularity to turn it into a culinary research and development center, the El […]
BACON FOR YOUR FACE
The bacon craze continues. Since venturing beyond the breakfast table, bacon is often found mixed with chocolate or in ice cream, and now JD Foods has created a limited-edition bacon-infused shaving cream. “Bacon Shaving Cream is a high end, luxurious bacon-scented shaving cream for all skin types,” company co-founder Dave Lefkow wrote in a press release.”Our advanced heat-activated aromatic technology lasts for hours and delivers maximum bacon scent when you need it most.” He recommends using it after a hot shower or before an important date with a potential soul-mate. It will probably make them want to eat you up. The self-acclaimed ‘bacontrepreneur’ Justin Esch agrees that a slathering of […]