- Escuela de Gastronomía Mexicana
The Escuela de Gastronomía Mexicana (School of Mexican Gastronomy) is the first and only school dedicated to the research, promotion and development of high Mexican cuisine. It was opened by Yuri de Gotari and Edmundo Escamilla who have studied and researched Mexican cuisine from anthropological, social, historical and cultural perspectives for over a decade. cite journal |last= Nuñez |first=Azul |year=2008 |month= February |title=¡Hasta la cocina!|journal=Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca |volume= 372 |pages=14–16 |url= www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx ]
The school offers conferences, and courses in theory and practice, such as Mexican gastronomy and the cinema, and writing about food. The school also offers certificates and B.A.s in Mexican Gastronomy. Classes include those given by anthropologists, historians as well as more traditional classes about cooking techniques and ingredients. Teachers and students come from abroad to teach and learn with the goal of developing Mexican cuisine at an international level. It also cooperates with the
Museo Nacional de Historia Castillo de Chapultepec (National Historical Museum at theCastle of Chapultepec to give courses inSpain ,Austria ,Greece ,Hungary ,Italy , theCzech Republic , the United States,Paraguay ,Peru andVenezuela , as well as with local schools such asInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México to provide classescite web |url=http://eventos.itam.mx/detallesEvento.php?id_evento=3808 |title=ITAM Eventos y Noticias |accessdate= 2008-02-29] . Their work has been recognized byLa Academia Española de Gastronomía , theCofradía de la Buena Mesa de España andAsociacion Euro-Toques .It is located at Calle Coahuila 207,
Colonia Roma inMexico City .References
External links
[http://www.esgamex.com.mx| Escuela de Gastronomía Mexicana]
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