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Every experience happens at the house, in a group, around the long table. You arrive, we welcome you, we cook together, and at the end we eat everything we made, with an introduction to the origin of each dish.

  • Cooking classes

    You cook with your hands, learn where each ingredient comes from, and at the end eat everything you made.

    • From 4 people
    • About 3 hours
    See the classes
  • Tasting dinner

    No cooking involved. You sit at the long table and hear the story behind each dish.

    • From 2 people
    See the dinner
  • Private events

    Dinners, weddings, celebrations, team building and company gatherings at the house.

    • 50 guests seated
    • 80 standing
    See private events
  • Signature experience
    Hands preparing ingredients in clay and wooden bowls
    • Private
    • From 4 people
    • From RD$ 3,500 per person
    • About 3 hours
    • In Spanish, English and Italian

    Afro-Taíno cooking

    Cooking with fire over anafres, with ingredients of Taíno and African roots. A conversation about memory and territory that you can taste.

  • Hands preparing banana leaves at the table, with fish in a wooden bowl, a mortar and spices
    • Private
    • From 4 people
    • From RD$ 3,500 per person
    • About 3 hours
    • In Spanish, English and Italian

    Dominican cooking

    Beyond rice, beans and meat: dishes and techniques of Dominican cooking, told by those who inherited them.

  • The chef, in a headscarf and white coat, holds up a freshly shaped pasta for a group in aprons at the long table with rolling pins and flour, under lace lamps
    • Private
    • From 4 people
    • From RD$ 2,950 per person
    • About 3 hours
    • In Spanish, English and Italian

    Fresh pasta and tiramisù

    Hand-rolled sfoglia, pasta shapes and tiramisù, with the technique Maribel learned in Emilia-Romagna. Made with Dominican flours.

  • Scoops of mango gelato in a white bowl, among leaves and flowers
    • Private
    • From 4 people
    • From RD$ 2,000 per person
    • About 3 hours
    • In Spanish, English and Italian

    Italian gelato

    How artisanal Italian gelato is made, with local fruits and flavors.

  • A smiling woman in a pink blouse beside a bunch of herbs, leaves and cinnamon on a wooden chest, against an old peeling wall
    • Private
    • From 4 people
    • From RD$ 2,000 per person
    • About 3 hours
    • In Spanish, English and Italian

    Plants, remedies and teas

    The plants of Dominican folk medicine, with Taíno, African and Spanish roots. Mamá Mambo was a healer: this experience is her legacy.

A night at the shared table in the house

Dinner · From 2 people · From RD$ 3,500 per person

Tasting dinner

The same home cooking, without the hands-on part: a dinner served at the long table for those who would rather eat and listen to the stories.

There are two ways to come: privately, from 4 people (the tasting dinner, with no hands-on part, from 2), or in a shared experience, on the dates we choose and announce in the calendar.

Our most requested

Fresh pasta, in private

Just for your group, from 4 people, for about 3 hours. We make fresh pasta from scratch with the chef: kneading, cutting and shaping, with its sauces. At the end, we have dinner with everything we made.

Included

  • A welcome bruschetta
  • A glass of wine or a non-alcoholic drink
  • Dinner with everything we make
A group in aprons makes fresh pasta by hand, each at their own board, along the house's long table

Per person

1 type of pasta
RD$ 2,950
2 types of pasta
RD$ 3,250
3 types of pasta
RD$ 3,450

Before you come

How does an experience work?

You arrive at the house, we welcome you, we cook together at the long table, and at the end we eat everything we made. There is a cultural introduction to the origin of each dish.

How long does it last?

About three hours.

Do I need to know how to cook?

No. The experiences are for every level; what matters is curiosity.

How many people can take part?

Private hands-on experiences start at 4 people. The seated tasting dinner, with no hands-on part, starts at 2. For events, the house holds up to 50 people seated and 80 standing.

How do I book, and how is it confirmed?

Book through the website, on WhatsApp or by email. Your date is confirmed once the full price of the experience is paid in advance (companies pay 50%).

Do you have options for vegetarians or people with allergies?

Yes, we have vegetarian options. If you have an allergy or intolerance, let us know when you book: some, such as gluten in the fresh pasta, we assess case by case. Please note that there is always a risk of cross-contamination in our kitchen.

What languages are the experiences in?

In Spanish, English and Italian.

Do you cook with fire?

We cook over anafres, the traditional charcoal braziers, in the courtyard of the house. It is how we cook in our Afro-Taíno experiences.

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