Patricia Quintana is a renowned international chef and an expert in Mexican gastronomy. She has studied cooking in Canada, Switzerland, and France. For more than twenty years she has been dedicated to rescuing the culinary heritage of the country and her research has enabled her to travel throughout the different regions of Mexico. With her sensibility and experience, she has created numerous avant-garde dishes, without losing the essence of Mexican traditions. Her culinary art has been featured and published in more than fifteen books, among them The Taste of Mexico, Feast of Life, Puebla, Kitchen of the Angels, A Journey through the Kitchens of Mexico, and Jade Powder. She has collaborated on numerous television programs and has written many articles on cooking for newspapers and national and international magazines. She is considered a promoter of Mexican traditions.