Educator and cook Maite Gomez-Rejón, who hosts “ArtBites,” The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens’ culinary video series, will explore the life and work of Mexican cookbook author Elena Zelayeta through The Huntington’s rare collection in a virtual class from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sponsored by The Huntington, the event, titled “Taste of Art: Women in the Collections,” celebrates Mexican Independence Day and Zelaveta’s extensive work.
Born in Mexico City in 1898, Zelayeta moved to San Francisco and ran a restaurant, owned a frozen food business, and in the 1950s, after she became blind, was the first Latina with a cooking show on television.
Zelayeta raised herself from the hopelessness of being blind by turning to what she knew best: cooking. She became a leading authority in the field of cooking, taught the blind, gave cookery lessons and spread her inspiring enthusiasm for life in books and lectures to women’s clubs.
Zelayeta lived in California for over 50 years and died in 1974.
In the virtual program, Maite Gomez-Rejón will speak about Zelayeta’s story, and you will learn to cook from the many pages of the author’s cookbooks.
The event will be held online via Zoom. The link and recipes will be sent to attendees after their registration is confirmed by email.
To get tickets, visit www.huntington.org/events/
For more information, call (626) 405-2100.
