A hands-on, collaborative cooking class culminating in a family-style dinner served with wine and beer.
Paella is Camila's number one request for her catering business. Many people think it's hard to make, but it's not that hard! However, having the right equipment is considered a must by some chefs (especially the Valencians!). In this workshop, you will learn to make paella at home without having to invest in any equipment at all (just the good ingredients). We will make two different paellas (seafood, and chicken and veg), and Camila will teach you what, in her experience, you can and cannot tweak for it to still count as an "authentic" paella. Become a paella cook in your own right! We will accompany the paellas with an appetizer, a big salad, and a dessert made with oranges to fit the Valencian theme!
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Olive Tapenade with Bread
Seafood Paella
Chicken and Vegetable Paella
Arugula, Radish, and Herb Salad
Orange Flan
Camila Loew holds a Ph.D. in Humanities and is a certified nutrition consultant. She lived in Barcelona for 15 years, and learned, through health-supportive culinary schools in Spain and NY, but mostly by cooking from local markets, that the best cooking relies on simple recipes with outstanding ingredients. That's the Mediterranean way she conveys in her classes, along with the concept of sobremesa, which happens to be the name of the company she runs. Sobremesa is the leisurely time we spend gathered around the table. In addition to running Sobremesa and Sobremesa Culinary Tours (through which she offers food-centric journeys across the ocean for fellow food-loving travelers), Camila teaches her love of regional Spanish and Mediterranean cuisines at The Cooking School at Cavallo Point, Ramekins Culinary School, and Bauman College as well as 18 Reasons. She also teaches Eating for Healing at the Cancer Support Community. For more info visit sobremesa.us and sobremesa-tours.com.
