celebrating the connection between humans and food. 
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the recipe hunters
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We are traveling around the world in search of traditional recipes and the stories behind the people who maintain their culinary heritage. During our time abroad, we volunteer on homesteads and small-scale, organic farms where we learn about the terroir and the region's seasonal produce. In our attempt to forge new relationships with people involved in traditional food making, we do our best to integrate ourselves into the local community. We practice the local language, introduce ourselves to neighbors, and visit local farms, farmers' markets, family-run shops, artisan bakeries, and street vendors. 

We have found that making friends with locals, not only deepens our feelings towards the culture and place we are living in but also helps us find locals who still make traditional recipes. Upon finding out that we are in search for traditional recipes, our new friends usually go above and beyond to connect us with their friends and families. Once we find someone special who cooks traditional food with passion, experience, and love, we record the entire process with photography, video, and writing.

Join The Recipe Hunters in Wales as they discover the traditional recipes behind the most treasured Welsh dishes. Thanks to all of the Welsh families who opened their homes & hearts to our community!  A special thanks to Visit Wales, without you this could not be possible. Check out the films below to begin your adventure!

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Glamorgan Sausages
Glamorgan Sausages

Learn how to make traditional Welsh (vegetarian) sausages with Hazel!

Foraging and Feasting in Wales
Foraging and Feasting in Wales

A wild foraging and five star feasting journey in Wales with Matt Powell; a fisherman, a forager, and a chef!

Rarebit with Penny
Rarebit with Penny

Penny teaches us a traditional Welsh rarebit recipe which brings cheese on toast to the next level!

In the Hands of Mountains
In the Hands of Mountains

Gwyn Thomas continues a 300 year old family legacy safeguarding the animals of Gwynedd’s Nant Ffrancon Valley in North western Wales.

Welsh Cakes with Nia
Welsh Cakes with Nia

Welsh cakes are a favorite recipe among the Welsh. They are a delicious mix between a cookie and a pancake stuffed with raisins.

Aberffraw Cake Recipe with Tilley
Aberffraw Cake Recipe with Tilley

A traditional scallop shaped short bread cookies from Anglesey, Wales

conwy mussels
conwy mussels

Harvest and cook Conwy Mussels in Wales with Tom Jones

Cyflath, A Welsh Toffee Recipe
Cyflath, A Welsh Toffee Recipe

Elisabeth and her son Guto teach you how to make their Nain's family recipe for Welsh Toffee

Bara Brith Bread Recipe with Sian
Bara Brith Bread Recipe with Sian

A moist tea cake made from dried fruit, tea, self-raising flour, warm spices, sugar, and an egg. Absolutely scrumptious!!

The Welsh Breakfast
The Welsh Breakfast

If you had to taste one dish in Wales to represent the country, we think The Welsh Breakfast should be it! The Welsh Breakfast relies on juicy fried bacon, the fat of which is used to fry the famous Welsh laverbread seaweed, Penclawdd cockles, bread, and a fresh egg!

Abergavenny Food Festival
Abergavenny Food Festival

A foodie festival held every September in Abergavenny!

Halen Môn
Halen Môn

Anglesey Island Sea Salt - Halen Mon

Lobscouse or Cawl Recipe
Lobscouse or Cawl Recipe

Lobscouse or Cawl is a Welsh Stew. This simple stew with meat and seasonal root vegetables is the perfect meal on a cold, rainy day. Gwyn Thomas the shepherd and farmer taught us his mother’s recipe for lobscouse which kept us warm for hours!

A Welsh Sunday Roast
A Welsh Sunday Roast

Join the Johnstone family as they invite you to celebrate in a traditional Welsh Sunday Roast!

Collecting Laverbread
Collecting Laverbread

Collecting laver to make a laverbread burger!

Join The Recipe Hunters in Galicia, Spain, as they discover the traditional recipes behind Galicia's most treasured dishes! Thanks to all of the Galician families who opened their homes & hearts to our community! And a special thanks to

Pelepau & Beladona for the Galician Music! Check out the films below to begin your adventure!

The taste of the sea

Galicia

A mountainside search for mushrooms with our trusted food enthusiast, Alfredo.

Join us as we forage the seashores of Galicia for seaweed and learn how to make a homemade seaweed and mussel empanada with Carmen, an artisan empanada maker.

​Learn how to harvest cockles or “berberechos” in the Galician bay of Muros y Noia in Spain.

Learn how to make Cañas with Blanca. Cañas are a traditional fried dough filled with a creamy custard. We call them Galician Cannoli!

Learn how to make Tarta de Santiago with Maria José. Tarta de Santiago or St. James Cake is a traditional pie that is made with almonds, lemon zest, sugar and eggs. It is a symbol of the city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. Easy to make and delicious.

​Alberto takes you hunting for Gooseneck Barnacles or "percebes," one of the world's most dangerous delicacies. Percebes grow in the intertidal zone, where fishermen risk their lives braving turbulent waves and slippery footing, to harvest their days' catch.

​Blanca teaches you the recipe for almendrados or traditional Galician almond cookies.

​Maria Jose teaches you her family recipe for Almejas a la Marinera or Galician Fisherman Style Clams. The clams are boiled and then simmered in a delicious sofrito.

​Blanca teaches you a delicious recipe for Arroz con Pulpo or rice and octopus. The dish is basically a delicious sofrito cooked into rice and topped with Pulpo a la Feira or polbo á feira: the most famous Galician way to prepare octopus.