It is currently conceived as a travelling exhibition, and until December 2023 it is located at the Igartubeiti Farmhouse Museum, a beautiful example of a cider-making farmhouse that takes us back to the way of life of the Basque farmers of the 16th and 17th centuries. Subsequently, the exhibition will travel to different unique spaces in the Basque Country and beyond. 

The exhibition is being curated by M. Luisa López Tellería, a gastronomic designer born in San Sebastián, and alma mater of Jankontuak, a company focused on gastronomic design. 

 López Tellería uses as a starting point for this exhibition the phrase used by Hasier Etxebarria in the book Euskal Sukaldaritzaz “On the subject, I heard Juan Mari Arzak say it for the first time: The only thing that differentiates us from the rest of the world are four sauces that can be found here and only here: The red, green, white and black sauces of our traditional cuisine”

The four sauces of Basque cuisine are the backbone of this exhibition. Each sauce is associated with its moment in history and the protagonists of that time, with those cultures and civilisations that brought food, spices, utensils and recipes, in short, culture, and that have contributed to the development of our own culture. But it also includes culinary contributions from Basque gastronomy to other cultures, legends and stories, and traditional recipes and those of the “new new” Basque cuisine. 

In addition, each sauce is related to the culinary landscape of the Basque Country and the products of the sea and the land that have given rise to these landscapes, highlighting in some cases the Basque coast, its mountains and valleys or the avant-garde of its three capitals. 

The exhibition is made up of 4 main spaces, 4 colours, 4 flavours, each of them illustrated with pieces and utensils that tell us about the history of each of the sauces. 

There are different types of visits: 

• Free self-guided tour 
• Euskadi Gastronomika visit: Visit to the exhibition with audio guide and tasting:

  • For adults: Gilda (pepper, olive and anchovy skewer) and a glass of cider 6 €.

  • For children: chocolate lollipop and apple juice. 3 € for children under 14.

• Gastromuseums visit: Special tasting offered by the network of gastronomic museums in the Basque Country, Gastromuseums, with a cost of €12. 
  • Dates: 30 July and 20 August, 12:30.

The exhibition also includes educational and entertaining material for the youngest members of the family, thanks to the character Super Gilda, a fun mascot created by Euskadi Gastronomika to tell curious stories about gastronomy, landscape, nature and much more.