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The Times best travel gifts for 2009

The Times best travel gifts for 2009

[ 0 ] November 29, 2009

Forget socks and hankies — this Christmas, give them a travel experience they’ll never forget
The Times features a gift voucher from GoLearnTo.com in their feature today on the best travel gifts.
For smart alecs
GoLearnTo.com has vouchers that buy you a new skill. For example, go wine tasting in Bordeaux. Prices start at £25; 0844 502 0445, [...]

From tree to tapas – a crash course in all things olive

From tree to tapas – a crash course in all things olive

[ 0 ] November 22, 2009

A short break on an Andalucian finca gives an insight into the legendary fruit – harvesting it, classifying it – and cooking with it. Lucy Gilmore writes about GoLearnTo.com’s olive harvest and cooking course for the Observer today.
Spitting and spluttering, I choked up the last fragments of bitter fruit. I had thought that working in [...]

Insiders guide to Spanish table olives….

Insiders guide to Spanish table olives….

[ 0 ] October 21, 2008

Chef Clive who teaches would-be chefs to cook on our Spanish cooking courses in Andalucía shares his experience of this year’s olive harvest in Spain.
It is not so difficult these days to find some mouth watering table olives prepared in different ways – pickled with herbs and garlic, stuffed with red pepper or anchovies….. but [...]

A day in the life of a professional chef & part time olive farmer

A day in the life of a professional chef & part time olive farmer

[ 0 ] September 26, 2008

The olive harvest is just around the corner once again…I have been asked by my neighbours/friends to help them harvest the green olives again this year. On a night of our village Fiesta a few weeks ago, Maria Angustias grabbed me and asked, “Clive, are feeling strong like a burro (donkey)? If you are, can you [...]

Good living on a plate

Good living on a plate

[ 0 ] September 20, 2008

Catherine Mack reports on responsible tourism in the Irish Times with a focus on food festivals and cookery courses that use organic ethical ingredients.
GoLearnTo.com’s very own Spanish cookery holiday in Andalucia, Spain set in the heart of the Olive Oil region features.   Using all organic meats, fish, vegtables grown in the grounds and high quality olive oil from [...]