Cooking Classes - Rancho La Puerta
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Week of October 17, 2020

Executive Chef Reyna Venegas prepares fresh and delicious food that energizes, inspires, and nourishes guests. She fuses the culinary and cultural heritages of her own Northern Baja roots with the nutritious “spa cuisine” pioneered 80 years ago by Rancho La Puerta co-founder Deborah Szekely. At La Cocina Que Canta, “The Kitchen That Sings,” Chef Reyna teaches healthy eating as a celebration of life in farm-to-table cooking classes. As a lifelong learner, Chef Reyna attends the University of California, San Diego’s Integrative Nutrition program, which focuses on how food promotes wellness. She is also a graduate of the Culinary Art School in Tijuana, and holds a Pastry Degree from the Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de Monte-Carlo and Fondation Turquois.

 

Gyll Turteltaub, Psy.D. will be partnering with Chef Reyna to enhance the joyful experience of cooking in La Cocina Que Canta.  Gyll will offer insights into the practice and benefits of Mindful Eating.  Mindful eating is a practice that engages all parts of us—our body, our heart, and our mind—in choosing, preparing, and eating food. It immerses us in the colors, textures, scents, tastes, and even sounds of drinking and eating.  It allows us to be curious and even playful as we investigate our responses to food and our inner cues to hunger and satisfaction.  Gyll will guide guests through mindfulness exercises in the garden as well as in the kitchen.

We offer a 3.5-hour-long demo class on Tuesdays at 4:00PM for $95.00 + tax.