Carles Abellán could have easily succumbed to the small oak syndrome whose main symptom is stunted growth due to being lost in contemplation of how the big oak grows ever bigger but he did nothing of the sort. Starting work in the world of cuisine in the kitchen of elBulli together with Ferran Adrià he there spent most of his professional career before taking over the reins of his own career. In 1984, he decided to become a chef examining in the process the...