Want a taste of organic, locally grown food fresh off the stalk and perfectly prepared—without having to lift a finger?
Three words: Rancho La Puerta.
In the gorgeous Baja, Mexico town of Tecate (yes, like the beer), you'll find this unique spa, where the all-organic, mostly vegetarian kitchen is supplied by the onsite farm.
The 6 acres of orchards and beds are harvested year-round, so the fruits and vegetables head straight for the kitchen. Most of the herbs make it there as well, though some detour into aromatherapy and skin-care treatments.
The ranch offers classes in herbs (custom-blend your own room spray!), and we hear tell of plans for a cooking school. So you can learn to harvest your window-bed basil into some killer pesto. Without killing anything. Except the basil. Which had a death wish anyway.
Get harvesting at
www.rancholapuerta.com.