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Host: Susimar

Moca, Puerto Rico

USD
$72-$94 per person

Farm Tour and Puerto Rican Cooking Class in Moca

Host offerings
  • Rural farmhouse
  • Home cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Susimar

Susimar is a chemist by profession with 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2011, she started working with native medicinal plants that grow in Puerto Rico. These plants have wonderful medicinal benefits and Susimar wishes to share this knowledge with locals and travelers. She learned to cook from her mother and uses these native herbs to cook her family recipes. Susimar is excited to teach you how she farms and cooks with medicinal herbs, that she grows. This is perfect for anyone looking for an off the beaten path experience in Moca - connect with nature in an intimate place, learn about the local flora, it's qualities, benefits and how to use it to cook a Puerto Rican meal.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

Cooking experience: (1-5 guests) This is a farm tour and Puerto Rican cooking class in Moca, using medicinal plants. Start your fun, educational experience in Moca with a rural farm tour. Learn about endemic and native plants of Puerto Rico and their medicinal uses. Learn about its benefits, characteristics, uses and how it can be used in cooking a Puerto Rican meal. Susimar will teach you the scientific names, where you can get it, how you can grow it, and its care. You will study four or more medicinal plants that benefit our system, in the most natural way.

Once you learn to identify, collect and taste the native medicinal plants of Puerto Rico, Susimar will teach you how to cook with it. In your 2-hour hands-on Puerto Rican cooking class learn to make a beverage and two dishes from scratch. Learn to cook traditional Puerto Rican dishes using family recipes and local ingredients with healing properties. You will join Susimar in her outdoor kitchen and help her make a beverage with seasonal fruit, a salad with herbs that you will hand pick from the farm, and a comforting healing soup with a home-made dressing. Please note the menu is seasonal and changes depending on the availability of herbs and plants. After you cook, sit down at the table on the outside porch to enjoy the delicious meal you helped prepare.

Notes: As there is no public transportation in Moca, Susimar suggests arriving to the farm with your own vehicle, parking is available - she will meet you at Supermercado Agranel. Please wear comfortable clothing, closed shoes and a cap.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Tropical fruit juice - Guanabana (soursop)
  • Salad - Verdolaga (local foraged herbs)
  • Soup - Coconut pumpkin soup
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Susimar

$72-$94 USD

per person
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  • Private experience
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $94 $89 $72
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $94 $89 $72
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 10:00am-1:00pm

Meet Susimar

Susimar is a chemist by profession with 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2011, she started working with native medicinal plants that grow in Puerto Rico. These plants have wonderful medicinal benefits and Susimar wishes to share this knowledge with locals and travelers. She learned to cook from her mother and uses these native herbs to cook her family recipes. Susimar is excited to teach you how she farms and cooks with medicinal herbs, that she grows. This is perfect for anyone looking for an off the beaten path experience in Moca - connect with nature in an intimate place, learn about the local flora, it's qualities, benefits and how to use it to cook a Puerto Rican meal.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

Cooking experience: (1-5 guests) This is a farm tour and Puerto Rican cooking class in Moca, using medicinal plants. Start your fun, educational experience in Moca with a rural farm tour. Learn about endemic and native plants of Puerto Rico and their medicinal uses. Learn about its benefits, characteristics, uses and how it can be used in cooking a Puerto Rican meal. Susimar will teach you the scientific names, where you can get it, how you can grow it, and its care. You will study four or more medicinal plants that benefit our system, in the most natural way.

Once you learn to identify, collect and taste the native medicinal plants of Puerto Rico, Susimar will teach you how to cook with it. In your 2-hour hands-on Puerto Rican cooking class learn to make a beverage and two dishes from scratch. Learn to cook traditional Puerto Rican dishes using family recipes and local ingredients with healing properties. You will join Susimar in her outdoor kitchen and help her make a beverage with seasonal fruit, a salad with herbs that you will hand pick from the farm, and a comforting healing soup with a home-made dressing. Please note the menu is seasonal and changes depending on the availability of herbs and plants. After you cook, sit down at the table on the outside porch to enjoy the delicious meal you helped prepare.

Notes: As there is no public transportation in Moca, Susimar suggests arriving to the farm with your own vehicle, parking is available - she will meet you at Supermercado Agranel. Please wear comfortable clothing, closed shoes and a cap.

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Tropical fruit juice - Guanabana (soursop)
  • Salad - Verdolaga (local foraged herbs)
  • Soup - Coconut pumpkin soup
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $94 $89 $72
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $94 $89 $72
*Does not include 3% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 10:00am-1:00pm
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