Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

4.8
(179 reviews)

6 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT:
IT IS NOT A RESTAURANT, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A CHEF

I am Minerva Lopez and I am a traditional cook from Oaxaca and I have more than 40 years of experience in pre-Hispanic and traditional cooking.

I invite you to spend a day at my house, with my family, my culture, it is an authentic experience where you will learn to cook as I learned, as if it were with mom!
Our groups are small which makes for an intimate, family experience
The market that we visited is the largest in Oaxaca and it is not touristic, where the locals go to buy our fresh and organic ingredients, here it is possible to adapt our menu to your tastes
There are vegan, vegetarian and meat lovers options.
At home away from the city in a small town, our outdoor wood stove is the best place to cook.
Everything we will eat is prepared at home
MORE THAN A CLASS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE

Example Menu

Starter

House chocolate with bread

A chocolate drink is served accompanied with traditional bread

Starter

hand tortillas

Learn to make tortillas by hand on a clay griddle or pre-Hispanic stove

Main

OPTION 1 Oaxacan Mole

available moles(10) you can choose 1 of them BLACK MOLE reddish chichilo green yellow yellow mixe stew nutty manchamanteles

Main

Option 2 Experience with corn

2 different sauces are prepared with endemic chilies and tomatoes Quedillas with pumpkin flower and cheese memelitas yellow mole

Main

OPTION 3 OAXACAN TAMALES

The black mole tamale is prepared in banana leaf and two more to choose from -green sauce -slices of chili -bean -sweet

Main

OPTION 4 DISH OF YOUR CHOICE

ASK ABOUT THE SEASONAL INGREDIENTS AND DISHES

Dessert

Typical Seasonal Dessert

Native or exotic fruits that we buy in the market, seasonal desserts Example roasted bananas Corn dessert (nicoatole) Oaxacan sweets

What's Included

seasonal dessert
dishes to choose
Vegetarian/vegan/gluten free menu option
Seasonal fruit waters
Local Market Tour
Air-conditioned vehicle
mezcal cocktail
Snacks (cheese, grasshoppers, etc)
Beer or soda

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

WE CAN AGREE ON A PLACE OF DEPARTURE OR THE ZOCALO OF THE CD OF OAXACA, IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL. ALSO IN THE LESCAS CO TOURS OFFICE, THEY ARE FRIENDS OF MINE AND CAN WAIT IN THEIR OFFICE ANTONIO DE LEON NO. 1 LOCAL I IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CONTACT ME BY CALL OR WHATSAPP +529512903409

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

We will welcome you to my wood stove.
I am a teacher of Traditional Oaxacan Cooking and winner of 1st Place in the Meeting of Traditional Cooks of Oaxaca.
First I will take you for a walk through the largest market in Oaxaca, you will get to know endemic and local foods and products, this is where we will buy our fresh and authentic ingredients.
I will teach you how to prepare from scratch a Mole Negro or Mole Coloradito, Green, Yellow and/or as well as Nixtamal to prepare tortillas, memelitas and empanadas, without forgetting our Molcajete Sauces, as some authentic Oaxacan dishes (ASK FOR THE AVAILABLE MENU FOR THE DATE YOU RESERVE, THERE ARE SEASONAL DISHES, VEGETARIANS, VEGANS TOO)
During the cooking class we will drink local fruit drinks and eat quesillo and Grasshoppers while we prepare our dish TO CHOOSE
At the end of the cooking class we will taste our dish made with a rich Mezcal and you can take the prepared products with you.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
Supplied by Minerva Lopez

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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