La Cocina Cooking School

11/02/2025

Diana Kennedy was tough and didn’t mince words. I never took a cooking class from her because I knew she’d pick on me and make me cry. But this isn’t my story.

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Email from Delicious Expeditions February 2025 Newsletter   Merrily, She Rolled Along The flavorful and fruity dish below (keep scrolling) comes from Diana Kennedy’s book, Recipes from the Regional

17/12/2024

A stranger arrives from Russia. He assumes I'm a corporate spy. He wants information.
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Email from Delicious Expeditions December 2024 Newsletter   From Russia with Love The email came from Russia, from Moscow to be exact. It was short and straight to the point. After introducing himse

18/10/2024

A look at Bologna via lost Roman texts, the first university of the Western world, and our favorite meaty pasta sauce.
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10/10/2024

Due to a last-minute cancellation, we now have 2 spots available on our Savannah Holiday Home tour.

December 11-15, 2024
https://deliciousexpeditions.com/savannah.html

Experience the bygone days of gracious southern living during the holiday season. Savannah, one of America’s oldest and most unique cities, provides a charming escape where iconic 19th-century mansions adorn the streets and live oaks, dripping with Spanish moss, fill the squares. Here, the past is forever present yet the future unveils itself in the abundant art galleries, museums, and artist studios.

09/10/2024

Guatemala anyone? We still have 2 spots left for our November 11-19 tour of the Highlands.

You can find all the details here:
https://deliciousexpeditions.com/guatemala.html

20/06/2024

Two places left on the Ireland tour, September 3-13.

Be enchanted by the lush landscape and dramatic cliffs of Ireland while wandering through picturesque villages and prehistoric ruins. Our off-the-beaten-track experience will take you from Dublin to the wilds of Connemara and the Burren before settling into the bustling world of Cork—the country’s culinary hub.

https://deliciousexpeditions.com/ireland.html

16/06/2024

Last call for the Camino tour--September 22-October 1.

Travel the first leg of the French Camino, also known as the French Way, as we go from Saint-Jean-Pied-de Port to Pamplona, Spain, winding through the stunning foothills of the Pyrenees and finishing with a few fun-filled days in San Sebastian.

https://deliciousexpeditions.com/camino.html

23/03/2024

Join us on the Camino this fall as we walk from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France to Pamplona, Spain.
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March 2024 Newsletter   The Princess Camino Years ago, when The Camino started to become a thing, I tried to get a group of friends to travel the famed trek with me. The plan was to hug the coast of n

11/07/2023

Mantua: An undiscovered Renaissance gem.

July 2023 Newsletter   The Lady in the Palazzo Mantua. I loved the sound of the name the minute it passed through my lips. I was looking at a map, trying to find a place between Cortona and Venice.

13/04/2023

Utopia: How Henry VIII's Thomas More created the utopian villages of Michoacán.

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April 2023 Newsletter   Utopia Looking at the enormous copper cazuela atop a pile of burning wood, I marveled that even after 500 years the thoughts and dreams of Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII’s uber-

02/02/2023

Magic Still Exists: Discover the amazing village of Sare in France.
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Magic Still Exists   Magic Still Exists In these days of rapid gentrification, it’s getting harder to find that special place to stay—the one that tells a unique story as it transports you to anothe

29/10/2021

The Basque Country

The Chateau The Basque Country Driving into Spain after a few weeks in and around Bordeaux, I said to my traveling companion, “I can finally talk to people again!” My very basic, cuisine and ballet-