Ferran Adriá

• El Bulli's Ferran Adrià is studying the art of pizza making in hopes to open a pizzeria in Barcelona. — Los Angeles Times
• New York City has become a hotbed for cook-off challenges. — New York Times
• Soave, the once ubiquitous Italian white, is working hard to make a comeback. — Wall Street Journal
• How to get the most out of shopping at the farmers market. — Chicago Tribune
• Strawberry-rhubarb chicken is a seasonal twist on the classic sweet-and-sour chicken. — Washington Post
• Boston's African-American communities are paving the way for a new class of healthy, sustainable soul food. — Boston Globe

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Yesterday Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino announced its famed list of the world's 50 best restaurants. The list is developed by a large panel of well-regarded international judges consisting of 806 chefs, restaurateurs, food critics, and journalists.

For the fourth year in a row, Ferran Adriá's experimental Spanish restaurant, El Bulli, has been named the best eatery in the world. Coming in at sixth, Thomas Keller's Per Se is the highest-ranking US restaurant.

The most shocking news, however, is that Gordon Ramsay's flagship London establishment, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which was number 13 on last year's list, is totally absent from this year's. To check out the complete list, read more

Ever wonder what the staff at the world's most renowned restaurant eats? If you're certain that El Bulli's family meals are studies in foie gras and osetra caviar, think again.

According to Gourmet, molecular gastronomy master Ferran Adrià prefers to serve his staff classic dishes. These might include anything from chicken mole to Waldorf salad with chocolate ice cream for dessert.

This doesn't mean that the food futurist takes kitchen meals lightly. “I concern myself with what the staff eats first of all,” he says. In fact, one chef's sole responsibility is to cook the staff meals, and every staff menu through the restaurant's 2009 season has already been planned!

“I guarantee that El Bulli feeds its people like no other restaurant,” says Adrià. “How else would we convey to a young chef one of the most important principles of our métier: that he must look out for himself in order to look out for others?”

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• Dining with Ferran Adria at Katz's Deli. — Serious Eats
• Nine chefs share their bloody kitchen nightmares. — Metromix New York
• Love to cook, but can't seem to find the time? The Sunday dinner project, hosted by Andrew Schloss, helps you make the components for multiple meals every Sunday evening. — Cookthink
• The cruelest practical joke in food history. — The BA Foodist
• Sharpen your knife skills with these books. — The Epi-Log
• A look at Asia's tea harvest. — The Kitchn
• Can grown-ups order off the kid's menu? — Chow

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• About 1,500 students attempted to break the world record for number of Mentos being put into Coke bottles. — Telegraph (UK)
• Learn how to turn leftovers into a tasty meal. — iVillage
• Have we really come to this? Do we really need french fry holders for our car? — Serious Eats
• What you eat may determine the sex of your baby. — lilsugar
• Is Ferran Adria planning on making reservations at El Bulli even more difficult to do? — Eater
• Find out the results of the microwave burrito taste test. — Chow
• Does your garden have problems? Learn how to make your own aphid spray. — CasaSugar
• Add the Pretty in Pink Pomegranate Cocktail to your bartending repertoire. — GlamDish
• Discover what Kara — one of my favorite cupcake-atiers — of Kara's cupcakes has to say. She even mentions cupcake weddings. — Wedding Paper Divas

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Every year San Pellegrino and Restaurant magazine releases a list of the 50 best restaurants in the world. The list is put together by The Nespresso World's 50 Best Academy, a group that consists of over 650 chefs, restauranteurs, food writers and critics. There is no list of nominees, each member of the voting panel votes for their favorite five restaurants. They can't vote for their own restaurant, and they have to have eaten at their nominees within the past 18 months. So after 3,410 votes, who came out on top?

The top three are unchanged from last year, with Ferran Adria's El Bulli ranking number one. There are also four re-entries and two new entries. To discover the whole list, read more

Can't get an El Bulli reservation to save your life? That's okay, you can create your own magic at home. Here are Ferran Adria's top tips for home cooks. - Chez Pim