Munk recalls the playful experimentation that took place in those early days, where they served an astonishing 45-course menu each night, pushing the boundaries of presentation and flavor.

Rasmus Munk, the celebrated Danish chef, has such memorable eyes—they are a piercing blue, and often bloodshot—that when a waiter at Alchemist, his restaurant in Copenhagen, served me an ...

Rasmus Munk’s new Spora lab in Copenhagen is trying to make chocolate out of coffee grounds, tacos out of canola-oil byproduct and more.