Lauren Aloise, Author at Spanish Sabores - Simple Spanish Recipes & Travel Tips

Marmitako Recipe | Basque Tuna Stew

Today I share with you an easy and quick marmitako recipe. This Basque tuna stew is bursting with flavor and is ready in less than an hour! Every time I see marmitako on a restaurant’s daily lunch menu I have to order it. This Basque tuna stew is bursting...

Burnt Basque Cheesecake Recipe

Lauren Aloise

I first tasted burnt Basque cheesecake long before it became world-famous. Now it even has its own hashtag on Instagram! This easy burnt Basque cheesecake recipe comes from the Devour Tours cookbook and is based on the original version served at La Viña in San Sebastián. About ten years...

Best Online Cooking Classes for Home Cooks Who Love Travel

Lauren Aloise

Today I share some of the best online cooking classes for home cooks like myself. All are available at Devour Tours. Online cooking classes are the perfect solution when travel isn’t a possibility. Hosted live from local kitchens around the world, these virtual cooking experiences are the perfect solution...

11 Quarantine Activities for Foodies

Lauren Aloise

As we go into day 60+ of lockdown here in Madrid, Spain I’ve become quite an expert in quarantine activities. Not only have I kept my own family entertained, but I’ve also been in charge of planning an array of food and drink online experiences for Devour Tours. In...

Virtual Cooking Classes & Online Foodie Experiences | Navigating the New Normal

Lauren Aloise

How we’re experimenting with virtual cooking classes and online foodie experiences — and why! At the end of January, I packed my suitcase with a mix of emotions. I was about to spend two nights away from my babies– for the first time. It was the Devour Tours annual...

1+ Months of Lockdown: Lessons Learned

Lauren Aloise

Who could have guessed I’d ever be writing a blogpost about lockdown lessons? The very word lockdown made me uncomfortable for a while, it sounds (and is) so dramatic! But here I am, and in the past forty days, I’ve only left the house once (for groceries). If you’ve...