Siempre En Memoria: La Flor de La Cocina Mexicana Mundial

Your MesaZona blogger wanted to take the time to honor one of the great chefs in the Pantheon of Mexican food culture: Patricia Quintana.
The opening image you see is from a posting on Twitter:
#DEP Patricia Quintana, cocinera, escritora, profesora y empresaria. Entre sus numerosos libros: "La cocina de los dioses del agua" y "México de ida y vuelta".
Permitid que destaque su última frase en Instagram: 'Si quieres viajar, lee; si quieres escribir, viaja'. #Gastrónomas
She was an energetic promoter, teacher, and Investigadora gastronómica, escritora y empresaria Mexicana.
Viva Patricia Quintana! Ahora celebramos su vida . . .  
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There was an obit in the New York Times yesterday written by Tejal Rao:
Patricia Quintana, Champion of Mexican Cuisine, Dies at 72

Patricia Quintana, the chef and author whose work exalted the range and sophistication of Mexican cuisine, died on Monday at her home in Mexico City. She was 72.

Her son Patricio Pasquel Quintana, who confirmed the death, said Ms. Quintana was given a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma several years ago.

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This is how I learned of her death from Chef Jose Andres https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres

Tony, mi padre, ahora Patricia @PQuintanaChef ...meses duros....Patricia fue siempre generosa...con su amistad, su sonrisa, su conocimiento...su cocina! @cmexicanahttps://twitter.com/cmexicana/status/1067265300071092224 …

José Andrés added,

Culinaria Mexicana @cmexicana

Con mucha tristeza comunicamos que hoy nos ha dejado la gran chef, e incansable promotora de la cocina mexicana @PQuintanaChef Querida y para siempre recordada amiga de esta casa editorial. Que tu Polvo de Jade te acompañe para siempre…

10:00 PM - 26 Nov 2018

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A Personal Note: More than twenty years ago, it was a pleasure and an honor to be asked by Joan Peterson, the author of the Eat Smart Culinary Travel Guidebooks, for a recipe to be included in Eat Smart in Mexico.

Chef Patricia Quintana is on the cover. 

At that time I was living in New York City, promoting Mexican foods and cultures, and traveling often to Mexico to meet the families of a number of people who worked with me in New York City restaurants and catering locations. 

 

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Readers of this blog might like to note that Patricia Quintana's family is active in this

site on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PQuintanaChef

Cuenta oficial de la Chef PQ propietaria de @Izotevaatucasa y creadora de los productos @GavillaPQ. Investigadora gastronómica, escritora y empresaria mexicana.

México DF   gavilla.com.mx 

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