We are proud to announce that Taste The Nature, the long-awaited Earth Lodge Cookbook is now available to download from our website as an eBook. It has (just) over 40 recipes including signature dishes such as our world famous Moussaka, Veggie Burgers, Beer Bread, Hot Sauce and Banana Bread. Also included are some more recent additions courtesy of our new chef Nathalie.

At $9.99 the book is a steal and we are donating $2 of every purchase to projects for the local village school in El Hato. Head over to our dedicated Cookbook page for more details.

Join us for our 3rd annual Canadian Thanksgiving Celebration, an all you can eat feast for just Q120!!

• Roast turkey (or stuffed bell peppers for vegetarians)
• Mashed potatoes & gravy
• Steamed veggies
• Cranberry Sauce
• Green Salad with Strawberry Vinagrette
• Italian bread stuffing
• Pumpkin and Apple pies (with real whipped cream)
• Includes a FREE Happy Hour drink plus coffee or tea

Keg Beer Specials and Charity Bingo with all proceeds going to the El Hato School.

Dinner is served at 5pm. Happy hour is 3pm-5pm. 10Q per person transportation leaves Cafe No Se at 11am, 1pm and 3pm with returning transport after dinner.

Contact us to reserve your space either in the hotel or just for the dinner.

Here at Earth Lodge we pride ourselves on great-tasting home cooked vegetarian food. Over the years, dishes such as our world famous moussaka, enchiladas, beer bread and banana bread have become hugely popular with guests. But despite many conversations over the dinner table we have never had time to compile all of our recipes into a cookbook.

Now with the help of our new chef Nathalie the first Earth Lodge Cookbook is nearing completion. Those of you looking to recreate our signature dishes in your own home will soon be able to buy the book from the lodge or download an electronic version from the website.

We're still working out pricing but they should be in the region of Q100 each, with a portion of the proceeds going to the El Hato School. Stay tuned for further updates - we'll be posting progress right here on the blog...

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new and improved website which has more information, better organisation and a spanking new gallery. It also has this blog which we will be using to keep everybody updated with the happenings at the lodge. We would like to thank everyone involved in getting the site up and running:

• Paul for building the site.

• Our good friends (and professional photographers) Cass Sullivan and Lysa Dumoulin for their fantastic pictures.

• All of the guests that sent in or left us their fantastic pictures: Andy French, Chris Mooney, Devon O'Keefe, Emily Lazzeri, Glynna Grimala, Katie Yetsko, Linka Odom, Michael Buick.

• All of the guests that sent in fantastic pictures that didn't get used. We still love you!

• Clive Rainey for the bird watching info.

• Ethan at vagrantArt for the Earth Lodge Movie.

And last but not least, a special thank you to Devon for continuing to host the site for us.

We think we've credited everyone for their images but if you see something missing or incorrect or have any other feedback about the site, please drop us a line...