Eating local food and drink when you travel is one of the best ways to understand more about the culture and the people of the place you are visiting. How could you not try fish and chips in England or tacos in Mexico? However, how you find the best local food isn’t always easy – especially in popular tourist destinations. Try some of these fabulous foodie experiences to help you taste the very best of a region. If you are…
You’ve gawped at Gaudi’s works, peeked in the Picasso Museum & rambled down La Rambla. And now you’re hungry. But perhaps you are hoping for something a little more authentic than the pre-packed, frozen paellas offered in many tourist traps. How about learning to cook paella for yourself, in the home of a local teacher? A paella cooking class in Barcelona Spain is the perfect way to sample authentic Spanish food – and take the recipe home to make it…
You must be realising by now that I am a huge food fan. Everywhere I visit I am trying to take as many cooking classes and food tours as possible, from a tapas tour in Barcelona to a cooking class in Mexico City, and learning how to make chocolate in Belize, I am always on the lookout for food related activities! When I was trying to decide what to do in Bogota, there weren’t many options for a cooking class or…
As you may know, I love food. I love food experiences, from cooking classes in Guatemala, to food tours in Mexico, and of course eating everything I can! On my travels, I try to learn as much as I can about the local cuisine, which is an integral part of the culture in any country. Through food, you can understand traditions, how each group of people developed their own methods of cooking with local ingredients, and how the culture changes…
I am attempting to take part in a cooking class in every country I visit. I have so far only managed a cooking class in Mexico City, Barcelona and La Paz in Bolivia, so I wanted to do a cooking class in Antigua Guatemala. I had no idea what Guatemalan food was like. Tortillas, of course, and frijoles (black beans) and plantains. But aside from that, I had no clue, so I wanted to learn more about typical Guatemalan dishes….
I’d wanted to do a cooking class in Mexico City since I had arrived. With Mexican food being one of the only cuisines in the world to be UNESCO certified, a Mexican cooking class was the perfect way to learn more about the incredible food, whilst cooking & eating everything I made! Everywhere I looked for recommendations there was one cooking school in Mexico City that stood out: Casa Jacaranda. If you’re looking for cooking classes in Mexico City, it has…
