A two-day, hands-on workshop at our little ranch south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, exploring the art of cooking and baking in a traditional adobe horno. We will learn how to build and manage the fire, heat the horno evenly, and judge its temperature. Together, we will prepare, bake, and share a feast from the horno.

No previous experience is required, and you do not need to have attended the adobe brick making or horno building workshops. All skill levels and backgrounds are welcome. Come ready to learn by doing, gather around the fire, and experience the particular magic of preparing food in an oven made from the earth. The workshop will include sourdough bread and pizza as well as local corn and fruit.

PRACTICAL GEAR

• Weather appropriate clothing
• Closed toed shoes
• Water
• An apetite

All cooking ingredients and equipment will be provided.

ABOUT AMAURY

Amaury Bargioni is a professional Adobe Horno Builder based in Santa Fe, but originally from Paris, France. Amaury’s interest in Land Art led him to Adobe, from making compositions rearranging elements of the landscape to literally making things out of the earth. He runs Eye of the Horno, an organization dedicated to maintaining the practice of earth building and wood-fired cooking using earthen ovens.

Amaury is a student of Ernest Aragon, a legendary adobe builder in New Mexico and a recipient of the The Earthbuilders’ Honorary Lifetime Member Award. Over the last few years, Amaury has introduced over 150 people to the craft of adobe through his building workshops, partnering with organizations such the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps, The Semilla Project, the Santa Fe Indian School, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. His Adobe work has been commissioned by private individuals in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and most recently by Site Santa Fe.

EYE OF THE HORNO SERIES

This workshop is the last in a series of three workshops taught by Amaury of Eye of the Horno. The first workshop is Adobe Brick Making and the second is a Horno Building Workshop.  If you register for all three workshops at the same time you receive 20% off. Or you may take only one or two of the workshops in the series.

SCHOLARSHIPS

A limited number of scholarships are available. The last day to submit a scholarship application is August 7th. All recipients will be notified by August 10th. If you would like to sponsor a scholarship as a Moon Horse Ranch Partner please let us know.

TRAVEL AND LODGING

Workshop participants are responsible for their own travel to and lodging in Santa Fe. For those traveling from out of town, the nearest airports are in Santa Fe, 20 minutes away, and Albuquerque, which is an hour drive away. Lodging wise, we recommend the El Rey Courtand Hotel Glorieta who have offered all registered workshop participants 25% off up to a four night stay the weekend of the workshop. The exact location of the workshop will be sent to registered participants the week before arrival. Moon Horse Ranch is 30 minutes south of downtown Santa Fe, between the villages of Cerillos and Galisteo.

REFUND POLICY

Due to the nature of these workshops and how much long term planning and preparation goes into each one, refunds cannot be given. Exchanging a workshop ticket for a future workshop at Moon Horse Ranch may be possible and will be considered on a case by case basis.

The workshop will be entirely outside in the open air under the western sky. We hope you will join us in learning The Art of Cooking in an Horno.