Juli Soler que estás en la sala. Vida y (casi) milagros del creador con Ferran Adrià de elBulli

This book is a story of rock ‘n’ roll and clinking cutlery. The tale of little-known celebrity Juli Soler, Catalan rock prophet from ‘68 to ‘80, friend of the Rolling Stones and, from 1981, inventor of a Bulli on the rocks and a dining room moving to the rhythm of a more ceramic type of disc.

Between 1984 and 2011 Juli Soler remained in the background, giving the limelight to chef Ferran Adrià, providing a platform to the best wines in the world, and above all, offering a warm welcome to all restaurant guests, regardless of class or position.

Princesses and magnates alike left themselves in Juli’s care, humble for once. Meanwhile, more ordinary folk were treated like stars.

Soler removed the formality of the fine dining experience, swapped the menu for a culinary feast, and thus set the scene for the revolutionary cuisine of a Bulli of worldwide renown.

In turn, elBulli advanced Catalan cuisine urbi et orbi, and to a lesser extent, Spanish cuisine also.

In this book, a multitude of voices, from Spain and France, from the worlds of gastronomy, music and wine, relate their own versions of Juli Soler.

But because, whilst many thought they knew Juli, and in fact, few really did know him, this book of gastronomic adventures portrays the cosmic, multidimensional character that was Juli Soler.