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Following successful stops in Vancouver and Buenos Aires, Tales of the Cocktail® on Tour is taking its show on the road once again, this time to one of the largest and most culturally rich cities in the world: Mexico City. This three-day festival will feature renowned bartenders sharing their insights at a series of educational seminars by day as we dive into Mexico City’s rising cocktail scene by night. Join us in Mexico City in Spring 2015 to get a taste of what Tales of the Cocktail® is all about in a city you’ll never forget.
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Dave Arnold

New York
Dave Arnold grew up in the New York area and graduated from Yale University with a degree in philosophy. He began tinkering with restaurant equipment after earning his MFA from Columbia University’s art school. Initially he customized equipment for use in his art projects, but after meeting Chef Wylie Dufresne in 2004 Arnold became passionate about the high-tech cooking movement and focused his engineering and inventing skills on professional and home cooking. In 2004, Arnold founded the Museum of Food and Drink to promote learning about the history and culture of food through eating. In 2005 the French Culinary Institute tapped him to head its new Culinary Technology department. As director, Arnold is dedicated to helping chefs achieve their most ambitious goals using new technologies, techniques and ingredients; he also teaches tech classes, including Sous-vide cooking and Hydrocolloids, to FCI students.
Arnold is Food Arts Magazine’s Contributing Editor for Equipment & Food Technology; he writes equipment and book reviews as well as longer articles. He has lectured at the International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant show technology and food history. He was a featured speaker at the 2006 Mondavi Taste 3 conference, where he spoke on high-tech cocktails. Arnold and his work at the FCI were the subject of a recent Food & Wine article by Pete Wells and his own kitchen was featured in New York Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, and Food and Wine. He is frequently quoted in contemporary food journalism, including numerous Jeffrey Steingarten Vogue columns and the New York Times. He has served on think tanks for companies like Unilever, providing his insights into the future of cooking. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two boys.

Dave Arnold creció en Nueva York y se graduó en la Universidad de Yale con una licenciatura en filosofía. Comenzó a experimentar con equipamiento de restaurante luego de haber obtenido su maestría en artes plásticas (MFA) en la escuela de arte de la Universidad de Columbia. Inicialmente personalizó las herramientas para utilizarlas en su proyecto de arte, pero luego de conocer al Chef Wylie Dufresne en el año 2004, Arnold se apasionó con el movimiento que aplica la alta tecnología a la cocina y focalizó su inventiva y habilidades de ingeniería, en la cocina profesional y hogareña. Ese mismo año, Arnold fundó el Museum of Food and Drink para promover el conocimiento sobre la historia y la cultura de los alimentos a través de la comida. En el año 2005 el French Culinary Institute lo puso al frente de su nuevo Culinary Technology Department. Como su director, Arnold se dedicó a ayudar a los chefs para que alcanzaran sus ambiciosos objetivos utilizando las nuevas tecnologías, técnicas e ingredientes. Adicionalmente, dicta clases sobre la técnica de cocción al vacío (sous-vide) y con hidrocoloides a los estudiantes del FCI.

Arnold es editor colaborador en equipamiento y cocina en la revista Food Arts, escribe reseñas sobre equipos y libros, así como artículos más extensos. Ha dictado conferencias en el International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show sobre tecnología e historia alimentaria. Fue uno de los oradores en el año 2006 en la conferencia Taste Mondavi 3, donde habló de alta tecnología aplicada a los cócteles. Arnold y su trabajo en el FCI han sido objeto de un reciente artículo de Pete Wells en la revista Food & Wine y su propia cocina apareció en la revista New York, Better Homes and Gardens y, Food and Wine. Es frecuentemente citado por el periodismo gastronómico contemporáneo, incluyendo numerosas columnas de Jeffrey Steingarten en la revista Vogue y en The New York Times. Ha participado en laboratorios de ideas para empresas como Unilever, ofreciendo sus reflexiones sobre el futuro de la cocina. Vive en Manhattan con su esposa y dos hijos.