Get Cooking on Your Layover: South America

Taking an open air cooking class in Brazil
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Are you a foodie? Love to travel? Why not arrive home from your next vacation inspired to cook up a storm with a few new techniques?

This is the third in our series to help you Get Cooking on Your Layover.

If you missed them, check out our earlier posts, packed with cooking classes around the globe (the first also has links to resources from Boots'nAll, Frommer's, Transitions Abroad, Travel+Leisure, Trip Advisor and more):

• Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe
• Get Cooking on Your Layover: Asia

We are continuing the series with delicious cooking classes you can take during your travels in South America.

A memorable cooking class in Buenos Aires
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Argentina
Buenos Aires: Cooking Class
Buenos Aires: Cooking Class with Malbec Wine
Buenos Aires: Interactive Dining Experience - Empanada Making, Steak, Wine, Alfajores and Mate
Mendoza: Home Cooking Class at a Chef's House
Related resources - Argentina
Buenos Aires Cookery Classes and Wine Courses
Learning to cook in Buenos Aires - The Travel Chica
Argentine Cooking Classes Blog

Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: Small Group Cooking Class
Rio de Janeiro: Copacabana - Brazilian Food And Cocktails Cooking Class
São Paulo: Gourmet Cooking Workshop
São Salvador da Bahia: Cooking Experience with a Local
Related resources - Brazil
What about cooking yourself a typical dish from Rio de Janeiro? - Rio.com

Chile
Santiago: Chilean Cooking Class in Santiago
Santiago: Cooking Class Plus Historic Downtown Santiago and Markets Tour
Santiago: Private Food Markets Tour with Cooking Demo and Homemade Lunch
Related resources - Chile
Chilean cooking class Valparaiso - Two Hungry Backpackers

Columbia
Bogota: Gastronomy Tour Including Cooking Class

Ecuador
Quito Culinary Tour and Cooking Class

Guatemala
Antigua: Experience Guatemala - Small Group Cooking Class
Guatemala City: Small Group Cooking Class in Antigua from Guatemala City
Guatemala-City: Antigua Market, Cooking Class and Choco Museum from Guatemala City
Panajachel: Maya Cooking Class at Lake Atitlan Maya Kitchen from Panajachel

Paraguay
Related resources - Paraguay
Housewife Bootcamp (cooking class experience) - Peaces of Paraguay

Peru
Cusco: Exclusive Private Peruvian Market Tour and Cooking Class
Cusco: Local Peruvian Market Tour and Cooking Class
Cusco: Cooking Class and Pisco Sour Lesson
Lima: Cooking Class with a Local Family
Lima: Ceviche Cooking Class
Lima: Market Tour Cooking Class and Pisco Sour Lesson
Lima: Peruvian Cooking Class Including Local Market Tour
Lima: Cooking Class Including Fruit Tasting
Lima: Peruvian Cooking Class Including Market Visit, Pisco Sours Lesson and Fruit Tasting
Lima: Combo City Sightseeing Tour and Cooking Class
Lima: Peruvian Basics Pisco Tasting, Cocktail Lesson and Ceviche Lesson
Lima: Gastronomic Tour-Including Pisco Sour and Cooking Class

Related resources
Tasteful Travel: LATIN AMERICAN Cooking Classes (Part 2)
Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe
Get Cooking on Your Layover: Asia
Layover City - our series of what to do on a layover in great cities
Go for a run? Go sightseeing? Why not do both?

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Get Cooking on Your Layover: Asia

Having a little fun at a cooking class in Chiang Mai, China
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Love food? Love to travel? Well, there's one great way for a foodie to come home from a trip abroad: ready to hit the kitchen ground running with new recipes and techniques.


Check out the first post in this series,
Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe
for tips on taking cooking classes abroad

This is the second in our series to help you Get Cooking on Your Layover.

If you missed it, check out our first post. It's not only packed with cooking classes all over Europe, it has links to resources from Boots'nAll, Frommer's, Transitions Abroad, Travel+Leisure, Trip Advisor and more:

• Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe

We are continuing the series with a look at cooking classes you can take during your travels in Asia.

Bangladesh
Dhaka: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals

Cambodia
Phnom Penh: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Siem Reap: Khmer Cooking Class
Siem Reap: Half-Day Cambodian Cooking Class
Siem Reap: Full-Day Cambodian Cooking Class

China 

Dim Sum class in Hong Kong
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Beijing: Foodie Walk
Beijing: Chinese Cooking Class and Market Tour
Beijing: Small Group Street Food Tour at Night
Chengdu: Sichuan Cooking Class
Hong Kong: Mediterranean Cuisine Private Cooking Class
Hong Kong: Southeast Asian Cooking Class
Hong Kong: Chinese Cooking Class Private Tour
Hong Kong Dim Sum Cooking Class
Hong Kong: Home Cooking Class with Wet Market Tour
Shanghai: Chinese Cooking Class in a Family Home
Shanghai: 3-Hour Authentic Chinese Cooking Class
Shanghai: Tea Tasting and Home Cooking Class
Shanghai: Chinese Half-Day Home Cooking Class
Shanghai: Half-Day Chinese Cooking Class
Shanghai: Dumpling Tasting Tour and Cooking Class
Xi'an: Dumpling Making and Family Cooking Class
Related resources - China
The best Chinese cooking classes in Beijing
Cooking classes in Shanghai
Learn Cooking in Yangshuo

India

Cooking class in local home in India
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Bangalore: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Chandigarh: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Chennai: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Cochin: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Coimbatore: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Delhi: Private Cooking Class in Local Home
Delhi: Cultural Experience - Cook and Eat with a Local Family 
Delhi: Half-Day Cooking Adventure with Local Family
Delhi: 4-Hour Indian Cuisine Cooking Class and Lunch
Delhi: 5-Hour Hands-on Cooking Class with Meal
Delhi: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Goa: Rita's Gourmet Goa Half-Day Cookery Class
Goa: Rita's Gourmet Goa 3-Day Culinary Workshop
Goa: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Hyderabad: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Jaipur: Dinner With a Local Family (cooking observation)
Jaipur: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Kochi: South Indian Home Cooking Class
Kochi: Home Cooked Kochi: 3-Hour South Indian Food Tour
Kolkata: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Mumbai: Cooking Class 5-Hours
Mumbai: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Mysore: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Tezpur: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Udaipur: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Varanasi: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Related resources - India
12 Places to Take India Cooking Classes on a Culinary Holiday
Cookery and Hospitality Schools in India

Indonesia
Bali: Balinese Cooking Demonstration and Gulingan Village Countryside Tour
Bali: Cooking Class with Private Transfer
Ubud: Cooking Class with Private Transfer
Ubud: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals

Japan

Cooking class in Kyoto
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Kyoto: Cooking Class
Kyoto: Sushi Making Class
Kyoto: Cooking Class Sake Tasting and Nishiki Food Market Walking Tour
Kyoto: Private Sushi and Tempura Cooking Class at a Local Home
Tokyo: Sushi Making and Tsukiji Fish Market Morning Tour from Tokyo
Tokyo: Soba Cooking Class at Tsukiji Soba Academy
Tokyo: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Related resources - Japan
Finding Cooking Classes Around Japan

Laos
Vientiane: Lao Cooking Class and Market Tour

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: Private Malaysian Cooking Class
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Cookery Lesson
Penang: Authentic Malaysia Cooking Tour

Nepal
Bhaktapur: Nepalese Cooking 4-Hour Workshop
Kathmandu: Swayambhunath and Durbar Square Cultural Walking Tour with Nepalese Cooking Lesson
Kathmandu: Traditional Nepalese Cooking Class
Kathmandu: Learn to Cook Like a Local in Thamel

Singapore
Singapore: Singaporean Cooking Class

South Korea
Seoul: Korean Beginner or Intermediate Cooking Class
Seoul: 2-Hour Kimchi and Bulgogi Cooking Class
Seoul: 2.5 Hours Korean Barbecue Cookery Class
Related resources - South Korea
Korean Cooking Classes - Korea Tourism

Sri Lanka
Colombo: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals

Taiwan
Taipei: Private Taiwanese Cooking Class and Market Tour


Thailand cooking class
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Thailand
Bangkok: Thai Cooking Class
Bangkok: Baipai Thai Cooking School Class
Bangkok: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Chiang Mai: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Phuket: Thai Cookery School - Daily Cooking Classes
Phuket: Kata Thai Cooking Class
Related resources - Thailand
Learning to Cook — and Live — at a Cooking School in Thailand - Transitions Abroad
Cooking in Thailand - Transitions Abroad
Cooking Thai in Chiang Mai - Transitions Abroad

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City cooking class
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Danang: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Hanoi: Vietnamese Cooking Class at Cooking Centre
Hanoi: Old Quarter 3-Hour Cooking Class with Lunch
Hanoi: 4-Hour Vietnamese Cooking Class
Hanoi: Half-Day Cooking Class
Hanoi: Cooking & Traditional Ceramic Village Day Tour
Hanoi Half-Day Northern Cuisine Cooking Class
Hanoi: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Hoi An: Culinary Tour and Cooking Class with River Cruise
Hoi An: Vietnamese Cooking Class and Ancient Town Walking Tour
Hoi An: Vietnamese Cooking Class at Green Bamboo School
Hoi An: Tra Que Village Cooking Class from Hoi An
Hoi An Half-Day Cooking Class and Market Tour
Hoi An: 5-Hour Cooking Class
Hoi An: Small Group Walking Tour & Cooking Class
Hoi An: Floating Cooking Class And Cruise: Half-Day Tour
Hoi An: Mỹ Sơn Full-Day Tour & Cookery Cruise
Hoi An: Half-Day Cooking Class
Hoi An: Tra Que Market Visit & Cooking Class - Full-Day from Hoi An
Hoi An: 3 Hour Cooking Class and Market Visit
Hoi An: Full-Day Cookery Class from Chan May Port
Ho Chi Minh City: Food Experience: Vietnamese Cooking Class and Market Tour
Ho Chi Minh City: Mekong Delta Day Trip with Cooking Class and Cai Be Floating Market
Ho Chi Minh City: Mekong Full-Day Vespa Tour and Cooking Class
Ho Chi Minh City: Half-Day Cooking Class
Ho Chi Minh City: Half-Day Local Cooking Course
Ho Chi Minh City: Cooking Class & Tour of Cu Chi Tunnels
Ho Chi Minh City: Cu Chi Full-Day Gardening and Cooking Experience
Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnamese Cooking Class with Market Visit
Ho Chi Minh City: Team-Building Cooking Class
Ho Chi Minh City: Traveling Spoon offers classes with locals
Related resources - Vietnam
An Useful Guidance for Cooking Class in Vietnam
Cooking classes in Hoi An


Related resources
Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe
Layover City - our series of what to do on a layover in great cities
Looking for Love on a Layover
Go for a run? Go sightseeing? Why not do both?

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Get Cooking on Your Layover: Europe

Get up close and personal with a country's culture by taking a cooking class abroad!
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Love food? Wish you could cook those amazing dishes that you eat overseas? Why not take a cooking class during your trip?

While some choose to 'attend' a famous cooking school for an extended period, there are plenty of other short classes you can take for just a few hours, or a day.

In Cooking Classes Abroad: Travel for Taste, @Frommer's contributor Charis Atlas Heelan provides inspiration for expanding your culinary repertoire - along with a mouthwatering slideshow.

"A cooking class abroad brings more pleasure and knowledge than merely sampling traditional cuisine in a restaurant overseas," suggests Bethany Smith for @bootsnall in The Best Travel Souvenir: Cooking Classes Abroad. A veteran of cooking classes around the world, Bethany also suggests you be ready for impromptu lessons (hint: if you like a dish, ask questions of the cook!).

So, let's get cooking! In this, our first in a series, we look at cooking classes in Europe:

Chocolate-making demonstration in Bruges, Belgium
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Belgium
Brussels: Chocolate Workshop and Tastings

Croatia
Dubrovnik: Traditional Dalmatian Cooking Class

Czech Republic
Prague: Traditional Czech Cooking Class 

Making vanilla and caramel macaroons!
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France
Avignon: Provençal Cooking Class and Market Tour
Cannes: Hands-On Cooking Classes & Shopping at the Market
Cannes: Authentic French & Mediterranean Finger Foods Class
Nice: Food Market Tour and Cooking Class
Nice: Patisserie Cooking Class
Nice: Provençal Cooking Class
Paris: Free Cooking Lessons in Paris
Paris: Cooking Class - French Christmas Menu
Paris: Cooking Class - Desserts and Pastries
Paris: Cooking Class - Gluten Free and Organic Desserts
Paris: Learn How To Make French Macaroons
Paris: Small Group French Cooking Class
Related resources - Paris
Paris Cooking Classes, Schools, and Wine Tastings - David Lebovitz
Le Cuisine Paris - Cooking Classes Review
The Other Side of Paris - suggestions for celiacs and vegetarians

Express appreciation for your meal in Greece, and you just might get tips from the chef
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Greece
Athens: Greek Cooking Class in an Athens Tavern
Athens: 3-Hour Cooking Lesson & Dinner
Athens: Cooking Class and Food Tour
Athens: Private 5-Hour Gourmet Greek Cooking Course
Athens: Private Walking Tour & Cooking Classes
Chania: Crete Cooking Class
Heraklion: Private Tour - Greek Cooking Class in Crete
Katakolon: Private Greek Cooking Class (shore excursion)

Israel
Tel Aviv: Full-Day Food Tour and Home Cooking Lesson


While you may not have the oven at home, it's still great to learn how to make pizza in Naples, the birthplace of pizza!

Italy
Florence: Tuscan Cooking Class and Dinner
Florence: Small Group Italian Cooking Class
Florence: Chianti Semi-Private Cooking Class at a Tuscan Villa
Florence: Cooking Class - Learn How to Make Gelato and Pizza
Florence: Cooking Class - Learn How to Make Tiramisu
Florence: Cooking Course and Local Market Visit
Florence: Handmade Italian Pasta Cooking Course
Lucca: Half-Day Private Cooking Class
Lucignano: Half-Day Private Cooking Class
Milan: Italian Cooking Class
Naples: Learn How to Make Authentic Neapolitan Pizza
Naples: Gelato Class and Tasting in Capri (from Naples)
Padua: Veneto Cuisine - 5-Hour Private Cooking Activity
Padua: Private Cooking Class with Fish and Seafood
Palermo: Half-Day Sicilian Cooking Class
Palermo: Evening Cooking Class with Nonna Lina
Palermo: Sicily 7-Hour Cooking Class and Winery Tour
Piedmont: Private Cooking Class Including Lunch and Wine
Rome: Walking Tour and Cooking Class
Rome: Cooking Class and Dinner with Nonna
Rome: Kid's Pizza Cooking Class
Rome: Artisan Gelato Class
Rome: Half-Day Cooking Class and Walking Tour
Rome: Small Group Cooking Lesson in the Roman Countryside
Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class
Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class and Market Tour
Taormina: Half-Day Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour
Taormina: Half-Day Pizza Making Class
Siena: Tuscan Cooking Class
Sorrento: Cooking Class at the 'Love is All You Need' Villa
Verona: Italian Cooking Class
Related resources - Italy
Go to Cooking School in Italy - Budget Travel
Cooking Classes in Italy - Karen Brown
Cooking Schools in Italy - Why Go Italy
Cooking Schools, Courses, and Classes in Italy - About.com

Poland
Krakow: Polish Home Cooking Class

Portugal
Lisbon: 4-Hour Cooking Class

Enjoy eating paella? Why not learn how it's made while you are in Spain?
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Spain
Barcelona: Small Group Cooking Class
Barcelona: Private Tour - Cooking Class in Chef's Local Residence
Barcelona: Private Cooking Class and Market Tour
Barcelona: Food Tour and Cooking Class - Catalan Cuisine
Cordoba: Andalucian Cooking Class with Wine Pairing
Granada: Cooking Class - How to Make Paella
Madrid: Cooking Class - Learn How to Make Paella
San Sebastian: Gastronomic Society Cooking Class: Pintxos and Basque-Cuisine
Seville: 3-Hour Andalucían Cooking Class
Seville: Tapas Cooking Course

Sweden
Stockholm: Swedish Cooking Class

Turkey
Cappadocia - Private Food and Culture Tour - Ayvali Village Turkish Cooking Class and Wine Caves
Istanbul: Half-Day Turkish Cooking Tour
Istanbul: Authentic Anatolian Cuisine Tour for Groups
Istanbul: Regional Cuisine Tour for Groups

Ukraine
Kiev: 6-Hour Ukrainian Cooking Class


Related resources - cooking classes abroad

• In Europe, Cooking Classes for Every Palate - New York Times
• 10 Great Cooking Classes - Intelligent Travel
• What Are the World's Greatest Destination Cooking Schools? - Outside Magazine
• Best Cooking Classes Around the World - Travel+Leisure
• Cooking Class Reviews - Trip Advisor
• Culinary Travel Guide Vacation Cooking Schools - Food Vacation
• Travel to Eat and Drink: From Independent Culinary Travel and Wine Tasting to Cooking Tours and Schools - Transitions Abroad
• Hottest Culinary School Vacations

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