La cocina del maíz

This recipe book is focuses on a variety of food recipes having as the main ingredient maize. Maize is an ancestral crop in Latin America that carries a lot of symbolic and cultural heritage within it. Among the authors of the book there is Luís Gerónimo Gómez who contributed part of his life to the research of this noble cereal, not only contributing with knowledge in its management, production and improvement, but also adding value to the importance of rescuing the regional cultural heritage and the genetic variability of the different pre-Hispanic Andean corn breeds. He learned about and experimented with its gastronomic virtues, highlighting the importance of corn in the use of regional cuisine, compiling recipes, putting each of them into practice, enthusiastically dedicating part of his time to his second great passion, “cooking”. This book is the result of a part of the valuable work done by Mr Gomez and has been developed in the framework of the project “Conservación y uso sostenible de los recursos fitogenéticos locales para la alimentación y la agricultura (RFAA) para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria de los pequeños agricultores de Argentina” supported in the 4th cycle of the Benefit Sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)