Rancho La Puerta and La Cocina Que Canta Cooking School
Located just 45 miles southeast of the city of San Diego, the world’s first fitness resort (est. 1940) rests in the embrace of sacred Mt. Kuchumaa’s foothills. Here is room to grow…3,000 acres just for you and 125 other guests each week--space to breathe, stretch, learn, and immerse yourself in serene beauty. World-class landscaped gardens, an organic farm, the new cooking school, mountainsides and meadows set the scene for an amazing array of fitness activities, luxury spa amenities, superb accommodations, and entertainment. Once you find “The Ranch,” its goal is to provide all you need to find yourself.
The name of Rancho La Puerta's new cooking school, La Cocina Que Canta, honors its Mexican heritage as well as the bird songs that drift through its courtyards. Its generous, 4,500-square-foot layout comprises a large hands-on classroom/kitchen, cookbook library, and culinary gift shop -- all set in the heart of the spa’s famous 6-acre organic farm “Tres Estrellas” (Three Stars), where fruits, herbs, and vegetables thrive beneath a mountain still held sacred by native North Americans. The essential simplicity and joy of using fresh, organic ingredients in inspiring ways sets the table for the school’s curriculum. Guests delight in making the connection between their new-found cooking skills from La Cocina Que Canta, and their heightened understanding of mind/body/spirit fitness from the rest of their visit to the spa.
