Event

Cooking Spain

Weave together the art and culinary history of Spain with while viewing Baroque through Modern works of art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Maite Gomez-Rejon of ArtBites. Then, head to a professional midtown kitchen, sip sangria, and prepare a traditional feast that brings the gallery conversation to life.

Please note that the menu will contain pork and shellfish.

ABOUT ARTBITES:
Maite Gomez-Rejon has a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Grande Diplome from the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Since 1995 Maite has worked in the education departments of such renowned museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, LACMA and the Getty Villa; and has worked as a private chef and caterer. In 2007, Maite founded ArtBites, art and culinary history combined with hands-on cooking instruction, which she teaches at museums across the country. Maite has been a guest on the Today Show, featured in Food & Wine magazine and interviewed on NPR's Splendid Table. Her blog, Cooking Art History, appears in The Huffington Post.