What do we understand by Gastronomy?
We all, or almost all of us, love to eat, which is not the same thing as nourishing or tasting... But What do we understand by Gastronomy?
It is true that our culture “invites to the table” and that almost everywhere in the Mediterranean, good food and good company make us happy.
We like to share with family and friends the rich gastronomy that we have in Spain and we know how to value and enjoy it.
The gastronomy se could define it as the art of preparing a good meal. It is also a science that studies the union of the human being with the food he/she eats, as well as with the environment.
It consists of a cset of practices and knowledge related to culinary art, recipes, ingredients, techniques and methods, as well as their historical evolution and cultural meanings.
Since the beginning of mankind it has always played a very important role, leaving us with legacies of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, etc. cuisines. In the beginning, gastronomy was a very precious commodity and not everyone had access to it, being exclusive only to the higher classes of the social scale.
However, already in the modern age, with the French Revolution, gastronomy reached all people equally, creating the first restaurants, until today, where society knows this art so well that it is necessary to specialize and give everything for innovation.
Gastronomy encompasses several facets that incorporate the whole process that involves food, because in addition to placing great emphasis on the preparation food, efforts must also be made in the food industry to social process that involves sitting at the table to eat.
Thus, gastronomy is usually associated with the dedication of a space to enjoy the meal and interact socially. In addition, other associated services are developed, such as the preparation of the table, the removal of utensils once they have been used, etc.
This is why the activity must always be framed as a process that has an enormous relationship with the way in which food is prepared, but also goes far beyond this type of circumstance.
Ultimately, this concept has been developed with the purpose of achieving an artistic level, a way of presenting food and combining flavors, an artistic level, a way of presenting food and combining flavors to be a way to please not only the palate, but also the sight and smell, so that the experience is as enriching as possible.
A whole world or concept that that evolves, that excites, that breaks new ground We have to explore and develop, and ultimately, and very importantly, we must care for and protect so as not to forget the traditional, the natural and our roots, so as not to overexploit certain foods or products that become fashionable and to make a sensible use of them.
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