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The Kitchens of New Spain
Discover the role viceregal and convent cooking played in the evolution of Mexican cuisine with Maite Gomez-Rejón of ArtBites. Following the lecture, Maite will continue sharing bits of history while demonstrating how to make a traditional candy that weaves Old and New World ingredients, traditions, and techniques. The program is inspired by the exhibition Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800.
Maite Gomez-Rejón
About the program
Maite Gomez-Rejón, founder of ArtBites, explores the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures and cooking classes in museums across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum. She has been a guest on the Today Show, featured in Food & Wine and Hyperallergic, and interviewed on KCRW’s Good Food and the BBC’s The Food Programme. Her writings have appeared in Life & Thyme, Eaten Magazine, Gastro Obscura, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History among other publications. She is co-host of the Hungry for History podcast with Eva Longoria on iHeart Radio and most recently has curated an exhibition on Mexican culinary pioneer Josefina Velazquéz de León at LA Plaza Cocina in Los Angeles.
Ticket information
Tickets for this free program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s welcome desks or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
