January 25 - 30, 2016

Farm to Table Cooking Course with Mayela

InanItah wants to see Mayela shine, to take her space and share her wisdom!

Mayela grew up with a farm to table approach to cooking and has over 20 years cooking with predominantly local, seasonally available foods. She has spent the past six years supporting InanItah’s vision for a local whole foods, farm to table kitchen, by integrating the skills of her own campesino roots with the wisdom and the recipes of 100s of international InanItah visitors and volunteers.

This is an opportunity for chefs and food enthusiasts, as well as retreat and restaurant owners who are inspired by sustainability and would like to to empower their chefs to think outside the box to create local wholefood recipes.

Mayela’s cooking style has been inspired by the tastes and textures of Israel, Mexico, Italy, Germany, health food culture, raw food recipes and a commitment to local foods, to create InanItah’s well-loved and unique Fusion Cuisine.

You will learn about:

• Sourcing local foods and daily, weekly and seasonal planning
• How to be creative with what you have
• How to work multiple tastes, food allergies and other limitations
• How to efficiently process whole foods (pumpkin, yucca, squash, platino) – cutting and chopping techniques
• Working with Dairy – Raw Milk/Pasteurization/Fresh Cheeses/Guahada/Leche Agria/Yogurt/Eggs
• Deserts – Chia Pudding, Banana Flan
• Flavor Combinations and Texture Balancing
• Nicaraguan Classics like Albondigo, Corn/Tortilla Processing
• Making Cereals – Pinol, Pinolio, Hippie Cocoa Puffs
• Food storage and preservation without refrigeration
• Tips & tricks for cooking on an open fire
• Indigenous Cosmology of Hot and Cold – similar to Yin and Yang
• Creating with cacao

The course will be taught in Spanish and translated into English by our Heart Space Holder, Ashni.

You’ll have the chance to practice your Spanish and learn side by side, with local Nicaraguans who will be given full scholarships to the course. This course is a part of our intercultural education programming that provides occupational education opportunities for local Nicaraguan residents. Our hope is that by sharing Mayela’s wisdom with some of the local community, they will be empowered to become entrepreneurs and have a better chance of employment in the growing Ometepe Eco-Tourism business.

Course Tuition $180. A $60 deposit reserves your spot.

For further details contact us at workshops at inanitah.com. For pricing information about staying here during the workshop, please refer to the Living section of the website.