gastronomika in numbers + quotes

a few interesting facts revealed during the recent Gastronomika congress in San Sebastián:

• 1 to 1  the ratio, on average, of money spent on food to money spent on hotels by tourists in San Sebastián
• 4  the number of Spanish restaurants in the world's top 10
  
• 7  the millions of visitors to French vineyards last year
• 8  the % of total Spanish blogs devoted to food
  
• 12  the % of visitors to San Sebastian that come more than ten times a year
  
• 40  the % of the income of wine-growers in the Jura region of France that comes from visits and bodega sales
  
• 90 the % of "gastrotourists" to Basque Country that are from Spain
  

and a few interesting quotes:

• "I have a problem with the new cooks: you all are more cultured, you cook better....but you're lazier." -Juan Mari Arzak
• "Treat it like its yours, and one day it will be." -Thomas Keller
• "The real reason El Bulli is closing is the fact you can't smoke inside." -Colman Andrews
• "Not having a New York culinary tradition, far from being limiting, it's an opportunity to create freely." -Wylie Dufresne
• '"Cooking is about control; eating is about submission." -Anthony Bourdain

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Love everything in this port - i keep coming back to it!