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"Moorish delights," Sally Shalam, The Guardian
"Spain: What's Cookin'" The Miami Herald
Spain-based Mediterranean cooking vacation, wine school, and culinary tour programs
with a difference
What sets us apart?
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Experienced, world-class instructors who know and love food, wine, and cooking
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A proprietary location in historic Granada with its own brand-new, elegant teaching
kitchen
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Hands-on classes combined with informative field trips
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Free time to explore Granada and tour the Alhambra
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Wine education a part of every class
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Limited class size
Mediterranean Cookery, 2-day, 3-day & 4-day programs, starting late October,
2007 including hands-on classes, plus visits to food markets, Renaissance palaces, olive culture museum, and culinary
school degustacion
Spanish Wine School: April, 2008
Walking Food Market Tours plus Daily Food and Wine Classes at Casa Azahar. Call +34
958 201 557, +1 902-482-8360, or e-mail to reserve.
BREAD MAKING 2-DAY PROGRAM AVAILABLE BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.
| The Teaching Kitchen at Casa Azahar |
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| Hands-on Classes in Mediterranean Cookery |
Savor the Mediterranean! Come to Spain for a captivating culinary vacation where you will learn
how to cook delicious Mediterranean dishes with hands-on classes at the luxurious Casa Azahar in the historic Albaicin district
of Granada, home to the famed Alhambra Palace. Here, spacious apartments, terraces with Alhambra views, and a deluxe teaching
kitchen await (hotel accommodations can also be arranged). Learn not only Spanish, but also Italian, French, and Turkish styles
of cookery from multi-talented and well-travelled instructors.
We will take you on an olive oil tour of some of the the world's best D.O. olive growing regions,
visit enchanting Renaissance cities and palaces in Jaen province, tour the captivating Olive Culture Museum at a 17th century
Hacienda, and peruse the food markets of Granada for optimal ingredients. Take lunch at the famed hotel school in Baeza, where
innovative cuisine will tempt your senses, and then enjoy multi-course meals you will help to prepare at Casa Azahar. Optional
day trips to Montilla, home of spectacular sherry wine production can be added to your vacation.
Let us show you the beauty of this energetic and fairy-tale region of Spain.
The School's Food Learning Vacations will expose you to not only the best hands-on cooking school
in Spain, but also visits to food markets, wineries, farms, olive groves, and restaurants around Granada and Andalusia.
Take trips to famous wine regions like Jerez and Montilla, and visit the boundless olive groves of Jaen province, including
the Museum of Olive Culture!
You will stay in the Mediterranean Cooking School´s own comfortable apartments in the historic
Albaycin district of Granada, Spain, overlooking the Alhambra Palace, the Sierra Nevada, and Church of El Salvador. We
can also arrange accommodation in nearby hotels of character for your stay during culinary vacations and cooking classes.
The Mediterranea Cooking School offers a combination of detailed cooking demonstrations and hands-on
culinary instruction in a charming and well-equipped teaching kitchen. The School will customize programs for small groups
and for corporate or group getaways and incentives, including wine tours.
APL is a member of the International Assoication of Culinary Professionals, Slow Food, and the Guilde
des fromagers. Your instructors have over 7 years of experience teaching cooking vacations. Areas of culinary vacation
instrucion include:
- Mediterranean
- Creole
- Spanish
- Food & wine appreciation
- Mediterranean and Spanish Wines
- Spanish language instruction focusing on culinary topics
- Culinary hikes into Parque San Miguel, just behind the Cooking School
Participants can also arrange gourmet lunches and dinners that will add extra spice and interest
to your time in wonderful Granada, a jewel of the Spanish Mediterranean!
"In fact Granada has everything to offer, from the Alhambra and the Albaicin to the intimate corners
of nineteenth century Romanticism; from the enchatment of Oriental art to the dawn of the Gothic; from the flowering of the
Renaissance to the exuberant brilliance of the Baroque. And if, from the point of view of the Arts, this rich diversity is
overwhelming in its vitality without the dominance of one unilateral theme, Nature for her part provides analagous contrasts.
In some places there is ruggedness, in other a delicacy full of half-tones; here is a city neither of the mountain no of the
plain. The Sierra and the lowland intertwine in a stange arabesque and this gives the landscape both strenth and extraordinary
variety. From the foot of the mountains to their summit there is an ascent of more than three thousand meters and from the
region of perpetual snow it is possible to descend, in barely an hour, to a coast where every tropical fruit abounds. It would
be difficult to find a land richer in variety and contrasts or one evoking emotions of greater depth and diversity."
Antonio Gallego y Burin, Granada: An Artistic and Historical Guide to the City
| Museum of Olive Culture, Hacienda La Laguna |
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| The Casa Cueva Apartment at Casa Azahar |
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Instruction in various culinary styles from master chefs experienced in culinary teaching . . .
Learn Spanish, Mediterranean (including French, Turkish, & Italian), and/or Creole styles of cooking from multi-talented
instructors Daniel Abel, Vaughn Perret, and Charles Leary. Enjoy Spanish wine tastings and instruction, food market tours,
and gastronomic field trips.
This New Orleans-based trio has received critical praise for their culinary talents from Food & Wine,
the New York Times, New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the TV Food Network, among many others. Their Trout
Point Lodge Cookbook was published by Random House in late 2004. Abel, Perret, and Leary are currently the
Chef/Proprietors of Nova Scotia´s Trout Point Lodge and the Inn at Coyote Mountain in Costa Rica. They have lived in Granada since 2002, and travelled, lived, and cooked extensively in France, Italy,
Spain, and Turkey for well over twenty years. For more information on the unique backgrounds of these culinary wizards, please
click here.
The School boasts a brand-new marble & granite teaching kitchen including a traditional cave cellar and pastry
area, numerous terraces including the vine-covered front terrace, all with views of the Alhambra Palace, a rooftop herb garden,
and walking access to the wonderful food ingredients of the markets at Plaza Larga and San Augustin.
Normally presented in English, instruction can also be made in Spanish and French with prior arrangement.
Accommodations at the School are on site at Casa Azahar can include complete apartment or house
rentals, with some meals. The beautiful property on Calle San Luis features broad vistas of the famed Alhambra Palace,
the Generalife, and the Sierra Nevada mountains, yet remains within walking distance of shops and restaurants in the
Albaycin and Granada´s historic center. Accommodation options include a unqiue casa cueva, an apartment with
sleeping loft, or a complete house rental next door at Calle San Luis No. 14. Please contact us for more information and availability.
PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the cooking programs is not necessary to stay at the bed & breakfast or for vacation apartment
rentals. Alternative accommodation in nearby hotels can also be arranged.
| The Albaicin District |
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| Home of the Granada Cooking School |
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How To Reserve
The Granada Cooking School offers all-inclusive vacations, accommodations, or simply cooking instruction. We accept major
credit cards and prepayment with cash or cheque. Credit Cards will be processed online through PayPal. Please e-mail or call
us for reservations.
For a cultural vacation in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ubeda, 1 1/2 hours from Granada, consider ABADAT: Spanish Language and Culture School.
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| Your Culinary Instructors are Members of: |
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| Slow Food |
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| Guilde des fromagers, Dijon, France |
| The Upper Terrace at Casa Azahar |
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| For Dining or Enjoying a Glass of Wine, with Alhambra Views |
Calle San Luis No.12
Upper Albaycin
Granada 18010 SPAIN
Telephone:
In North America, call our sister hotel, Trout Point Lodge of Nova Scotia: 902-482-8360
In Spain call: 958-201-557
The cooking school and bed & breakfast have drive-up access on Calle San Luis--a rare feature in the Albaycin. Getting here
is easy by air via Granada or Malaga airports, by train, or car. Do not hesitate to contact us for recommendations and information.
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