Inn at Coyote Mountain
Piedades Sur de San Ramon de Alajuela
COST: $
Traditionally, Costa Rica hasn’t been known for its fine cuisine. With the 2004 opening of the Inn at Coyote Mountain, a 90-minute drive west of San José near San Ramón, the country’s reputation has been redeemed. On a remote hilltop near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, Charles Leary and Vaughn Perret, the chef-owners of Trout Point Lodge in Nova Scotia, have created an intimate retreat where aspiring chefs—professional or not—can sign up for three-day courses on Latin-Creole cooking (think tropical jambalaya). Built in the Mudejar style of Spanish architecture, the four-room inn has romantic, mosquito netting–draped beds, glass-tile tubs, and a spectacular observatory with its own spiral staircase.
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From Travel + Leisure, Apr 2006
“Not far from the Monteverde Cloud Forest, the Creole Cooking School at the Inn at Coyote Mountain teaches you to make dishes such as empanadas and tamales, using organic produce—heirloom tomatoes, mangoes, vanilla—from the inn's gardens....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Jun 2004
“Traditionally, Costa Rica hasn't been a place known for fine cuisine. With the April opening of the Inn at Coyote Mountain, a 90-minute drive west of San José in San Ramón, the country's reputation as a food purgatory was transformed. On a remote hilltop, Charles Leary and Vaughn Perret, the chef-owners of Trout Point Lodge in Nova Scotia, have created an intimate retreat where aspiring chefs can join one- to three-day classes on 'Caribbean-Creole' cooking (think tropical jambalaya)....” MORE>>
From Food & Wine, Apr 2004
“In the mountains overlooking the Pacific, the Inn at Coyote Mountain offers a Creole-Latin menu and hands-on instruction at its Creole cooking school......” MORE>>
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