The week starts at the market, where kids taste fruit they can't name and parents pick the vegetables. Then everyone cooks: bread in a clay oven, chocolate ground by hand from cacao beans, fresh fruit smoothies, and Peruvian dishes made with a local cook.
Every job has a place for small hands: stirring, kneading, peeling, tasting. Flour ends up on noses. Nobody follows a recipe perfectly, and the food comes out better for it.
Meals are plant-based and filling, so nobody is hungry and nobody is lectured. Picky eaters tend to try things they made themselves.
You leave with a handful of recipes the whole family can cook at home, and kids who offer to help in the kitchen, at least for a while.
For the little ones. A play area for toddlers from age 1, with a dedicated babysitter available for $26 a day (up to two children).
The valley, the food, the place
The market in the valley is a show in itself: fruit, herbs and corn in colors kids haven't seen. Walks between classes go through villages and fields. Food is healthy, plentiful and always available, and the whole family will probably eat better than at home. The place is clean and friendly, other families are easygoing, and a few small treats arrive unannounced. The food is excellent, and vegetarian options are always available.