People often say the most memorable Behind the Scenes experiences are the hands-on classes and workshops with local artisans, craftspeople, restaurant chefs, and village cooks. Most trips include this type of engaging experience; see photos here of BTSA travelers creating beautiful things and delicious dishes!
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Marrakech Cuisine – Morocco
We make a superb lunch in our Moroccan cooking class. First we watch how bread is baked in an outdoor wood-fired oven. Then we move to the modern and pretty kitchen. Each person has a sink, gas burners, cooking utensils, and a monitor to see what the cheerful dada or female chef named Habiba, is doing up in front.
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![Moroccan baker slides another loaf into the wood-fired oven.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_300d7.jpg)
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![Maison Arabe cooking class in Marrakech](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/phoGk2jiSfGBKMHxJTX7w_thumb_30010.jpg)
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Block-Printing Workshop in Turkey
We use hand-carved wooden blocks to embellish cotton or rayon scarves.
![Carol pounds the printing block!](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCF4144.jpg)
![Hand-block printed scarves crated by 2011 group.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_2543-930x623.jpg)
![Carol and Laura model their beautiful creations.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSCF4634.jpg)
![Showing off our beautiful scarves! Turkey](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_5803.jpg)
![Zeynep admires Elsa's scarf.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_5799-930x561.jpg)
![Husseyin hangs our scarves to dry.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC07857.jpg)
![Melissa at work on her creation.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC7249-e1571800648780.jpg)
![Pretty floral designs from hand-carved wooden blocks..](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC7279.jpg)
![Cynthia block-printing her scarf.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/Turkey-Cyn-prints-e1571800706632.jpg)
Bandhini tie-dye workshop, Bhuj, India
We tie silk scarves into geometric patterns, then help dye them alongside the masters.
![Showing off the elegant tie-dye scarves we created; INDIA](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/India-Tie-dye-group.jpg)
![Master printer dip-dyes our indigo pieces.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/INDIA_Block-PTG.jpg)
Ghana Batik Printing
Batik designs stamped in hot wax, then dyed several times. We also make recycled glass beads and print Adinkra cloth.
![Denise's stamped cloth, ready to dye. GHANA](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/Denises-batik-e1561510214840.jpg)
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![Bead-making with re-cycled glass in GHANA.](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/Ghana-bead-making-e1492837199841.jpg)
![Women sitting down polishing beads Odumase-Krobo](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/Ghana-Bead-Polishing1.jpg)
![Spreading out adinkra to dry. GHANA](https://btsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC6592-e1561510580292.jpg)