We always say that to truly experience a destination, you have to understand its food culture too - so most places we go, we try to take a traditional cooking class.
In Kathmandu, we joined a cooking class at Seven Women, a social enterprise working to empower marginalised Nepalese women through skills training and literacy classes. For Nepali women, the kitchen is the heart of the home and we learned that it gives them a great sense of pride to share their food, culture and traditions with travellers from around the world.
(to be continued)