Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

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Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English, Spanish
Seasonal dessert
Dishes to choose
Vegetarian/vegan/gluten free menu option
Seasonal fruit waters
Mezcal cocktail
Local Market Tour
Air-conditioned vehicle
Snacks (cheese, grasshoppers, etc)

Beer or soda

Overview

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

Meeting points

Gral. Antonio de León 1, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico

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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.

Itinerary

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.

Sample Menu

STARTER

House chocolate with bread

A chocolate drink is served accompanied with traditional bread

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hand tortillas

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

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OPTION 1 Oaxacan Mole

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

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Option 2 Experience with corn

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

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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

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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

Additional Info

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

Free Cancellation

April 27100% refund

April 28No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her We had a great experience touring New York City with Jonathan. He's a great tour guide and he made it very memorable and enjoyable. The tour was also super informative and I'm glad to have had a great tour guide during my visit in NYC. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking for a tour her

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Greet class

Published on Dec, 2024

What a wonderful experience learning to make black mole ( you owe it to yourself to try it !) & tortillas at Minerva’s beautiful home ! We even had a delicious mezcal cocktail great experience

Minerva and her daughters created an exceptional experience

Published on Dec, 2024

A traditional cooking class in Oaxaca was exactly what we were looking for and Minerva and her daughters created an exceptional experience. From shopping at one of the biggest markets, preparing ingredients, cooking on a wood fire stove, to mescalini’s at lunch this was a treat from start to finish.

Authentic and fun Mole class!

Published on Dec, 2024

So fun! We made mole negro step-by-step and we had snacks and drinks which were SO TASTY. I feel ready to make this at home and inspired to build a kitchen just like hers!

Learn to cook in a classic style!

Published on Dec, 2024

A wonderful experience! Very traditional cooking - we made a complext mole and tortillas. If you love to cook or are just interested in how traditional dishes are made, this is a great class. Minerva Lopez' kitchen is spacious and welcoming, the group was very friendly and interesting, and the translator helped us non-Spanish speakers feel comfortable. Many thanks to Minerva and her daughters for all they give in this class.

A living experience of Oaxacan tradition

Published on Dec, 2024

Our time spent with Minerva Lopez and her family was rich and wonderful. She is an excellent teacher and helped us learn and understand some of the details of cooking the traditional Oaxacan Mole Estufada. I felt honored to be there in her beautiful house and garden.We spent all the time cooking on an open fire with a comal and a pottery pot. It all felt really ancient, reaching back into the past. It was so great to have a living experience of traditional Oaxaca with Minerva. And the mole Estufada was complex, rich and delicious!