Ferran Adria launches Chinese edition of his food bible

His fabled restaurant El Bulli has been shut since 2011, but Ferran Adria continues to be a creative spark in the culinary world. This week, the chef routinely lauded as among the world's greatest has brought his revolutionary ideas about cuisine to China, with a Chinese-language edition of his seven-volume magnum opus, El Bulli 2005-2011.

Adria is no stranger to China, making his first foray into the country's kitchens in 2001. He returned just weeks after closing El Bulli, expressing his eagerness to pursue his exploration of traditional cuisine here and perhaps establish an outpost of his foundation here.

"In China, every dish has a story," the Spaniard told China Daily in 2011. "The Chinese also see a relationship between food and health. That's very interesting."