Dear friends,

La cocina de Babette would like to inform you about the first meeting of our Expats Cooking Club in Madrid. The Expats Cooking Club is aimed at native English-speakers who wish to develop their knowledge of Spanish gastronomy. Each meeting would be dedicated to a different Spanish dish. You will participate in the preparation of the recipes and be able to savour them after they are done. The club may also accept Spanish students who wish to practice English and share their culinary experiences with people from other countries.

The Expats Cooking Club of La cocina de Babette opens its doors with an evening dedicated to the famous Castilian tapa, patatas bravas. Nowadays, it is increasingly difficult to eat the real McCoy at a bar in Madrid, or anywhere else for that matter. Often reheated, rarely with a homemade sauce, patatas bravas are suffering and there'll be few expats that have had the pleasure of savouring them at their best.

We will disclose their secrets, touch upon the magic of a potato properly fried and learn to make a most delicious sauce, one infinitely superior to the stuff that comes out of a bottle. We will also discuss the ingredient list so that you can go home knowing the best raw materials to use and where to find them. And finally we will give you the names of the best places to have this mouth-watering tapa in Madrid when you feel like leaving the stove behind for an evening of tapeo under the Capital's sky.

The workshop includes the handbook Babette's Bravas and organic beer to have with the potatoes. We will also let you try some of the culinary experiments of Babette's workshops. We always endeavour to use organic produce.

All best,

Beatriz Echeverria

www.lacocinadebabette.com/casaenglish.com