Viridian Farm’s Foodie Trip in Spain
May 8, 2010
Manuel Recio and Leslie Lukas-Recio of Viridian Farms near Portland spent time with Chef Haritz in San Sebastián shopping at La Bretxa Market and cooking up a vegetable storm. Here’s what Manuel wrote to us after the shopping + cooking we arranged for them:
“I just wanted to let you know how delighted we were with our cooking class in San Sebastian. Chef Haritz did an incredible job of exposing us to what San Sebastian has to offer on a deeper, market-driven level—and made our day with him at the market and cooking class the highlight of our trip.
By introducing us to various fish mongers, farmers, produce importers, and specialty food shopkeepers, we gained a greater understanding of how Donosti chefs acquire the raw products for their culinary creations. Later, the dishes we prepared during our cooking class were inspired by what we selected at the market in the morning—improvised and truly driven by what was fresh and in season. His friendliness, professionalism, culinary knowledge, and sincere enthusiasm in helping us learn about gastronomy in San Sebastian were outstanding.
We typically shy away from organized tours, but we were so impressed with our Epicurean Ways experience that we will definitely “travel” with you again whenever we go to Spain.”
Mix Magazine, Portland’s Magazine of Food + Drink, has an article about their food trip in Spain in March.
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