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Antonio Gonzaga

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33: 176:'s 1913 state visit to Argentina, Gonzaga was selected to be head chef for the U.S. president's entourage. By the time the 1916 Argentine Independence Centennial celebrations rolled around, Gonzaga was already a popular name among Buenos Aires aristocratic circles. 183:("The Practical Argentine Cookbook"), credited as the first cookbook in Argentina. The book detailed traditional Argentine cuisine with painstaking effort, chronicling over 300 recipes. Aided by the arrival of 140:
family, Gonzaga was a third-generation cook; his grandfather, Luis Tomás, and his father, Horacio Luis, all worked as cooks and Antonio learned his skills from them. He later moved to
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led to him becoming one of the country's most recognizable chefs. His rise in popularity, however, was eventually overshadowed by another famous Argentine cookbook writer,
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in Buenos Aires and among the Argentine upper classes, who until then disdained Argentine traditions and instead favored French cuisine. In particular, the use of
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His work as a chef was carried on by his grandson, Horacio Gonzaga, who was the head chef at the Hotel Provincial and the Hotel Hermitage, in
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Gonzaga's Afro-Argentine background has also led to speculation regarding the possible African origins of the
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Gonzaga's unabashed focus on traditional Argentine cooking (specifically, that of the
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and the rural working class) is credited with popularizing
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Corrientes
Chef
cookbook author
Argentine cuisine
Corrientes
Afro-Argentine
Buenos Aires
conventillos
gaucho
Argentine Navy
National Congress of Argentina
Theodore Roosevelt
gas stoves
Doña Petrona
television chef
asado
chorizo
chitterlings
criollo
Mar del Plata




"Los mitos de la parrillada: ¿los ricos no comían achuras?"
La Nación
"¿Quién fue el cocinero rioplatense que popularizó la parrillada"

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