Basque Film Series | The txoko experience

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The BEO is hosting its first “Pintxos and Pics” event showing this film. Space is limited and while the event is free, reservations are necessary. If you cannot come and have already RSVP’d, please email info@basqueeducational.org and let us know. Thank you for your cooperation. 

The BEO will be following CDC guidelines for COVID-19.

SYNOPSIS:

A documentary focused on the unique spaces of txokos, or gastronomic societies, where artisanal cuisine is the main protagonist. Basque people enjoy the entire process of selecting local products at open air markets, cooking together, and, finally, eating and celebrating communally around the table. In txokos, all of these processes come to life. The documentary will include the voices of a selection of renowned Basque chefs in their own restaurant kitchens, and will highlight products like Rioja wine, Idiazabal cheese, and gourmet pastries, to name a few. By emphasizing the products and the chefs who work with them, the film will underline the value, essence, and environment in which delicious meals are created.

2018, directed by Yuri Morejon, color, in English, Euskara & Castilian with English subtitles, 54 minutes