Overview
About the event
National Culinary Arts Month
While food has certainly been around since the dawn of time, the concept of creating meals as something more than a perfunctory task started a little more recently. Even with the Renaissance and the eventual development of cooking as an artform, it wasn�??t until the 18th century that being a chef became something more than simply being a household servant.
19th century Europe brought with it a new wave of �??haute cuisine�?? that focused on flavor and precision, which required more special skills and training, and the concept of culinary artistry was likely born during this era. In the United States, the first cooking school was founded in Boston in 1879, out of which came the first American cookbook, published just 15 years later �?? The Boston Cooking School Cookbook.
National Culinary Arts Month has been celebrated each July since its inaugural event in 2002. For more than two decades, this month has been a time to give a shout out to those hard-working, creative minds who often take a back seat because they are busy working in the kitchen!
While food has certainly been around since the dawn of time, the concept of creating meals as something more than a perfunctory task started a little more recently. Even with the Renaissance and the eventual development of cooking as an artform, it wasn�??t until the 18th century that being a chef became something more than simply being a household servant.
19th century Europe brought with it a new wave of �??haute cuisine�?? that focused on flavor and precision, which required more special skills and training, and the concept of culinary artistry was likely born during this era. In the United States, the first cooking school was founded in Boston in 1879, out of which came the first American cookbook, published just 15 years later �?? The Boston Cooking School Cookbook.
National Culinary Arts Month has been celebrated each July since its inaugural event in 2002. For more than two decades, this month has been a time to give a shout out to those hard-working, creative minds who often take a back seat because they are busy working in the kitchen!
