Editura GastroArt announces the launch of the volume The Sarmale Collector and other gastronomic stories by Cosmin Dragomir, Thursday, December 14, from 6:30 p.m. at Cărturești Verona Bookstore (Str. Pictor Arthur Verona 13-15).
The collection of Sarmale and other gastronomic stories is an anthology of articles, editorials and culinary studies published in various media in the period 2017-2023. The volume also includes some texts that appeared in Curatorul de Zacuscă. The book has over 700 pages, hardcover and is structured in 13 thematic chapters and is illustrated by the artist Mihail Coșulețu. You can order the book here
"Just as the Zacuscă Curator was not exclusively about Zacuscă, nor the Collector... is not a book dedicated to sarmals. We also have sarmales, but I would say that they are in the minority, but not only. It is a book about gastronomy in general, not a recipe book, although in quite a few articles I quote from old cookbooks. In the more than 700 pages I have published a selection of my texts written in the last 7 years. I have no idea if I wrote a lot or badly or a lot and badly. I know for sure that I still have a lot to write and that I am trying to do it better and better", says Cosmin Dragomir.
The foreword of the volume is signed by Diana Popescu, the afterword by Adriana Sohodoleanu and on the fourth cover the book is recommended by Mircea Groza, Oana Coantă and Nico Lontras.
Cosmin Dragomir is one of the best-known culinary journalists here. In 2017, gastroart.ro launched the first specialist magazine dedicated to researching the history of Romanian gastronomy and hospitality, in 2018 the publishing house of the same name specialized in the valorization of gastronomic heritage. He is, together with Cezar Ioan and Nico Lontras, co-initiator of the National Gastronomy and Wine Congress and the National Gastronomy and Wine Day law.
He also published:
Curator of Zacusca, 2021
Sweet Romania, a history of our desserts, 2022 (co-author with Adriana Sohodoleanu)
He organized dozens of conferences, debates, multidisciplinary communications with a gastronomic theme, culinary events.
He writes constantly on cosmindragomir.ro, gastroart.ro, eisberg.ro, zilesinopti.ro, mindcraftstories.ro, revistatomis.ro and sometimes on dilemameveche.ro or vinul.ro
He speaks loud and pressed as a host in the Amintiri Gustoase by Cronicari Digitali podcast – the first podcast dedicated to 100% gastronomy.
Prizes:
Gault & Millau, National Association of Tourism Chefs and Pastry Chefs, National Association of Travel Journalists, HoReCa School
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2021 – 3rd place Best Company Blog – Word salad for Eisberg: #simplyfresh;
2022 – 2nd place Best Branded Podcasts with #asty memories by Cronicari Digitali & Electrolux)
The author and the publishing house thank the partners: Resort Casa Timiș, Bistro de L'arte, Ulei Eliada, Eisberg SimplyFresh, TeamFresh, Stadio, Carrefour, Gramofon Wine, La Mama.
The GastroArt publishing house announces that by the end of 2023 it will also release the volume "What's new in the New Romanian Gastronomy" by Adriana Sohodoleanu Chimișliu. Adriana Sohodoleanu, PhD in sociology from 2021, is a gastronomist. Her doctoral thesis, which analyzed the phenomenon of the New Romanian Cuisine, validates her as a researcher, and her experience
the owner of an artisan confectionery ensures practical anchoring in laboratory work and in industry. Adriana has contributed articles to publications such as Oxford Food Symposium's Proceedings, Dilema Veche, Iscoada, Zile si Nopti and others. Her essays explore the connections between food and society, drawing attention to the complex ways in which food culture intertwines with broader socio-political contexts. Adriana is the co-author of a book of historical dessert recipes, together with Cosmin Dragomir, and has weekly interventions at Radio Romania Cultural under the umbrella of his Culture on a Plate project which also includes lectures at the Calea Victoriei Foundation, cultural dinners in collaboration with chefs and sommeliers, tastings, etc.