This document discusses the history of gastronomy and its relationship to human civilization. It describes how early humans ate raw fruits, roots, leaves, and hunted large and small animals before learning to use fire to cook food. The development of agriculture led to the cultivation of crops like wheat, barley, oats, cabbage, figs, beans, lentils and grapes. It also profiles famous Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, known for his creativity and innovation, especially his technique of spherification. Various careers and places in gastronomy are outlined such as cooking, managing restaurants and hotels, culinary criticism, and creating books. Specialties include healthy food, administration, wine pairing, bakery, and meat/
2. HISTORY.
Referring to the history of gastronomy or food
reveals it close relationship with the evolution of
man in his process of civilization
3. Before the fire.
First foods were fruits, roots, leaves and stems. Afterwards, the
hunting of large pieces like reindeer, bison, horses and small animals
like lizards, hedgehogs, etc. began. They have fished Bow and
arrow, made with stones and branches. Fishing with harpoons and
hooks Food was consumed raw. Drying was already used for figs or
other fruits. The fish and meat were salted.
4. AFTER THE FIRE
Farming appears in the East, with pigs, sheep and donkeys.
Agriculture was the job of women. Settlement of man The
first crops were: wheat, barley, oats, cabbage, figs, beans,
lentils and grapes. They begin to grow in some herbaceous
areas of large seeds, predecessors of cereals. Cooking
method: Roasted.
5. Ferran Adrià
He is considered one of the most
important chefs worldwide, due to his
creativity and innovation. One of them
is the spherifications.
7. Specialities.
• Healthy food: preparation of menus and health foods
• Admistration: organization and of the company
• Oenology: pairing between the dishes and wines
• Bakery and cake shop: preparation of sweet foods
• Meat fish and seafood: preparation clepending on the región.
8. Relevance of english
• English is very important in our profession
because we need to interact with differents
diners of other countries and english being
an universal language it is easier for the
communication
9. Personal Interests
• It is a subject that we are passionate about: Traveling
around the world for serching nwes flavors and
typicals food of the places.
