Week-long event will feature a series of engaging activities with food experts and renowned chefs.

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Eat Spain Up! is a week-long event bringing the food and culture of Spain to New York City from October 24th-28th, through a series of engaging activities with food experts and renowned chefs. There will be guided tastings, cooking classes, roundtable discussions, film screenings, art exhibits, and more!

This international project is a unique initiative, founded and led by Gloria Rodríguez, who is a graduating Fulbright student from Spain in Steinhardt's Food Studies M.A. program. The event is co-promoted by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center in collaboration with the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies in Steinhardt. As a multi-sector collaborative project, Eat Spain Up! has gathered the support of an extensive network of sponsors.

These are the events at KJCC and at Food Studies within NYU:

21 October:

7 p.m. - 9  p.m. Exhibitions Opening: Spain's Eleven & Estrada Design Kitchen @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South

24 October - 16 December:

9 a.m. - 9 p.m.  Food Photography & Design Exhibitions @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South

24 October:

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Olive Oils from Spain. Tasting Seminar @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080

25 October:

12 p.m. - 2 p.m. A First Taste: Cocktail Hour and Professional Networking Session @ NYU Grand Hall Global Center for Academic Life , 238 Thompson Street

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.  Food & Culture Sessions. Extremadura: Born and Bred @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South

26 October:

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Masterclass with Toño Pérez (Extremadura) @ Institute of Culinary Education, 225 Liberty Street

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Food & Culture Sessions. Madrid: Butterflies in the Stomach @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South

27 October:

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Advanced Techniques with Mario Sandoval (Madrid) @ Institute of Culinary Education, 225 Liberty Street 

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.  Food & Culture Sessions. Burgos: Rooted in Tradition @ NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South

28 October:

12 p.m. - 2 p.m.  Burgos Cooking Workshop @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080 

6 p.m. - 9 p.m.  Le Cordon Bleu Demo and Dinning @ Food Studies Kitchen - NYU Steinhardt Education Building (EDUC), 35 W 4th Street, 10th floor - Room 1080 

2 November:

6:45 p.m. - 8:25 p.m.  Wine and cheese from Spain. Pairing Seminar@ Food Studies Conference Room, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th floor

For further information, please call 917-865-5040.

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