How did Season 2 Top Chef contestant and molecular practitioner Marcel Vigneron learn some of the finer points of molecular gastronomy? "I taught myself spherification in a garage in New York while I was getting my associates degree. I called elBulli before I'd even been there and got on the line and asked them for a sample packet of chemicals. And they mailed me the chemicals." [Squid Ink via ELA]
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