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