FRACTIONS AND FOODThe World’s Greatest Restaurants

NOMARene Redzepi

Copenhagen, Denmark

THE RESTAURANT

BLUEBERRY AND SPRUCE SORBET

Redzepi heads to the store to buy ingredients for dinner. This evening, he expects about 16 people to order his blueberry and spruce sorbet. If Redzepi has the ingredients for the spruce ice cream already and only needs to buy ingredients for the blueberry sorbet, how many total cups of ingredients will he need to buy for dinner?

BLUEBERRY AND SPRUCE SORBET

It takes three eggs to make up 1 cup of egg yolks

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If Redzepi has 48 eggs, how many portions of spruce ice cream can he make?

EL BULLIFerran Adria

Roses, Spain

FENNEL FLOWER IN TEMPURA

SOY SAUCE NITRO SPAGHETTINI WITH PONZU AIR

TURTLE DOVE WITH BLACKBERRY CAVIAR AND DUCK FOIE GRAS CANDIES

ALPHABET SOUP

NITRO-TEPPAN OF SOURSOP FOAM WITH COFFEE CAVIAR

FIZZY LOLLY

COCONUT AND AMARETTO CROQUANT SLICE

CLOUD OF CARROT AND TANGERINE CONCENTRATE

In his refrigerator, Adria has a total of 35 2 cups of

3 ingredients.

If he takes out enough carrots and tangerine juice to make 3 portions of “Cloud of Carrot and Tangerine Concentrate”, how many cups of ingredients will be left in the fridge?

ALINEAGrant Achatz

Chicago, USA

THE RESTAURANT

HOT POTATO COLD POTATO

There are 96 people dining in Alinea this evening.

1 of these diners are lactose intolerant, which 3 means they can’t eat or drink diary products (milk, cream, cheese, butter, etc.). Achatz determines that he can still make a decent dish if he just leaves out these ingredients. He heads to the store. How many total cups of ingredients will he need to buy for the lactose intolerant people in the crowd?

THE BLACK HOOFGrant VanGameren

Toronto, Canada

THE RESTAURANT

TONGUE ON BRIOCHE

In order to impress his special lady, VanGameren is making a picnic lunch to bring to the park. He has a picnic basket that can hold 50 cups of food.

If he’s bringing the brioche and the pickles in a separate container, how many portions of tongue can he fit in the basket?