Carmina Useros

Carmina Useros
Carmina Useros with a Moorish oven
Born
Carmina Useros Cortés

(1928-02-24)24 February 1928
Albacete, Spain
Died23 March 2017(2017-03-23) (aged 89)
Albacete, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Occupation(s)Writer, ceramist, painter, cultural manager
SpouseManuel Belmonte González
Children

Carmina Useros Cortés (24 February 1928 – 23 March 2017) was a Spanish writer, ceramist, painter, and cultural manager. A researcher of the gastronomic, artisan, and cultural traditions of Albacete, she was one of the first women gastronomes in Spain.[1][2][3]

She was president and director of the Chinchilla de Montearagón National Ceramics Museum [es], a member of the Institute of Albacete Studies [es],[4] a founding member of the Castilian-Manchego Gastronomy Academy,[1] an honorary member of the Athenaeum of Albacete [es], a director of the Cueva de la Leña Art Gallery, and president of the Gastronomic Association that bears her name.

  1. ^ a b "La desconocida gastrónoma que situó Albacete en el mapa" [The Unrecognized Gastronome Who Put Albacete on the Map]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Carmina Useros, pasión por la alfarería y la gastronomía tradicional, una historia ligada al Museo de Cerámica Nacional de Chinchilla, colección única de alfarería popular" [Carmina Usersos, Passion for Pottery and Traditional Gastronomy, a History Linked to the National Ceramic Museum of Chinchilla, Unique Collection of Popular Pottery]. La Cerca (in Spanish). 25 December 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ Aznar, Kiko (24 March 2017). "Muere Carmina Useros" [Carmina Useros Dies] (in Spanish). Albacete: Cadena SER. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ La creación del Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses y la nueva etapa de la revista 'Al-Basit' [The Creation of the Institute of Albacete Studies and the New Stage of the Magazine 'Al-Basit'] (PDF) (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2019 – via University of Castilla–La Mancha.