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Your foody hosts at Can Torras David and Karen met at Nottingham University studying agriculture and nutrition. They share a love of travel, food, gardens and all things ecological, and left the UK for the Caribbean island of Dominica for seven years from the late eighties, and then to their new life in Spain eleven years ago. They enjoy life at Can Torras with family, friends, volunteers and their many furry and feathered friends. David was born in Wiltshire. He trained in plant pathology before specialising in tropical fruit and vegetables in his work for the Foreign Office in London and the Caribbean. In the last fifteen years he has worked all over the world in the field of organic agriculture, but is always happy to get back home to Can Torras and find time for his organic veggie garden! Karen is from Yorkshire, a nutritionist, who worked in sales, marketing and training in the food industry before joining David on his travels. The women in Karen's family have been cooks and bakers for four generations, so there is a strong family tradition to uphold! Flexibility is the key to a successful life on the move, so she has set up businesses in food and catering, exercise and fitness and more recently interior design and construction, renovating flats in Girona and of course the old farmhouse of Can Torras! She tends to the flowery bits of the garden and is interested in all things arty. Visiting food fairs & eating out is one of the great joys of living in Spain, where a long lunch with fresh, local ingredients is an essential part of life. There are hundreds of great restaurants to sample close to Can Torras and it will be a life time's work for Karen and David to try as many as they can! Meals at home reflect the changing seasons, the produce growing in their garden and the many places they have visited. Currently the combination of Moroccan and Spanish dishes are inspiring them after a trip to Marrakech. One of their dreams is to restore the old bread oven at Can Torras for wood-baked breads so typical of both countries. Breakfast at Can Torras includes a choice of cereals, juice, fruits, yogurt, breads and home made jams, with a hot dish changing every day. This could be wild mushrooms and our own bright yellow eggs or perhaps a sweet dish like banana pancakes and local honey. Dinners are always based on local dishes but adapted to suit the visitor's palate and dietary restrictions. Last year's mouth-watering favourites were undoubtedly goat cheese & roasted sunflower seed salad, followed by corn-fed chicken, slow cooked with rosemary and lemon peel, and finally vanilla ice cream with baked plums. Recently we have signed on as hosts for WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) and HelpX so you may meet people from around the world working in our organic garden. If you are interested in doing the same, find out more on their website. In Catalonia Karen and David have found good food and great company, but to be honest we still search for the secret of the 28 hour day to enjoy it all! However, with very little persuasion, we will take a break in the evening and join you under the pergola for a glass of wine. It gives us great pleasure to see Can Torras and it's surroundings through the eyes of our visitors.
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