Our tour combines extensive cooking classes with the pleasure of visiting some of the local ingredient producers we use in our dishes. Below, we describe the activities in the three day

version of our tour. If you'd like a variation, we can work with you to create it.

In addition to the pleasure of its village life, Paraty is at the center of  some of the most varied

ocean and forrest beauty in the world. So, morning until mid-afternoon we board a schooner  

to visit the beautiful bay with its emerald green waters dotted with islands and white sand

beaches. Bring your swimsuits.

The first day begins mid-afternoon with a guided tour of the historic center of Paraty,  a 17th -

century colonial village with cobblestone streets, sounds of children playing, no cars in its

historic center, and the clip-clop of the horse-drawn carriages that regularly tour the village.

In 2017 Paraty was honored by UNESCO as a world Creative City, with a focus on food

culture and traditions.

Next is the cooking class with Yara Roberts and her team. The class, begins with Richard

Roberts teaching his special way of making caipirinhas. In each day's class Yara  introduces

you to traditional dishes and ingredients from the four regional cuisines of Brazil we

celebrate: those of  Amazonas, Bahia, Minas Gerais and the Cerrado.

The evening's dinner consists of the dishes we learned to make in the lesson earlier.  Chilean

or Argentinean wine complements it. Yara tells stories that link each of the ingredients to

parts of the country's history.

Then we return to Paraty for the second cooking class and dinner.  And Yara continues her

journey relating ingredients to history and customs. Dinner concludes with Brazilian coffee

and a tasting of aged cachaças.

In the morning we visit a cachaça distillery that produces one of the best cachaças in Brazil.

It is set on a charming property at river’s edge in the lush green of the first growth Atlantic

Forest. During this exclusive guided tour you learn about the rich traditions of cachaça

making and aging, along with the variety of tastes and qualities available. Later we will use

cachaça in a recipe for our third class and dinner.

Day 2

Summary

The three day program includes, 3 cooking classes, 5 meals with accompanying drinks and

all the trips and activities. It does not include hotel accommodation. There is a wide range of

lodging choices.  If you first consult www.paraty.com, we'll be happy to add our thoughts.

Dinners

On the schooner Yara prepares and serves lunch dishes in the indigenous tradition like fresh

fish roasted in banana leaves.

Day 3