When I first read about the Gothic Desert Culinary Workshop at the Getty I believe I squealed. Thats right, my inner nerd escaped me. It was a liberal arts dream, a 45 minute history and culture lecture, followed by a 30 min walk through the illuminated gothic manuscripts gallery and then into the kitchen for a feast of sweet treats! Be still my ancient-loving heart was all I could think as I stood in a room in the late afternoon flooded by warm light with the smells of butter, cinnamon, cardamon and sugar wafting towards me from every possible direction as nine different recipes were attacked in unison.
The Cultivated Life 
