CAN FOOD BE ART?

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Washington Post art critic Blake Gopnik crosses into the world of food to explore this old question with a new set of contestants: the exotic and ephemeral creations of minibar by josé andrés and those of Jose's friend and mentor, Ferran Adrià, at elBulli in Northeastern Spain.

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The Washington Post's 2008 Fall Dining Guide

***1/2 (out of four)

“There's no other restaurant in the country quite like Jose Andres's six-seat, avant-garde ode to edible innovation.” -- Tom Sietsema read full review

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The Washingtonian's 2006 100 VERY BEST RESTAURANTS

"a shrine to avante garde cooking"

-- The New York Times