The Mexican Cooking Class & Market Tour involves more than just recipes. Learn the ingredients, practice the techniques, and understand the why behind traditional Mexican cuisine.

Offering you a special summer and fall discount for a limited time only. Please contact us today for more details.

Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca.

Join us

in the Mexican Cooking

Class and Local Market Tour

in Puerto Escondido.

 Individuals, Small Groups, and Families.  

Learn Regional Mexican Food. 

The Mexican Cooking Class & Local Market Tour.

The Mexican cooking class & local market tour offers an insider’s look at the local Benito Juarez Market in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. We start the day at a local comedor / Mexican diner for Oaxaca breakfast and freshly squeezed juice. In the market, we experience the sights, sounds, and smells while exploring and shopping for local ingredients. We check out the unique chiles native to Oaxaca. Learn how to buy, prepare and utilize them. After we tour the local market we head into the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous multiple course lunch in the Mexican cooking classes. * Learn more than just a recipe, learn the ingredients, the techniques, and the WHY behind traditional Mexican cooking and Mexican food.

In the Mexican cooking class we usually prepare two salsas, ceviche, guacamole, soup or salad, a main dish, agua fresca, and dessert. For the main dish some of the possibilities are but not limited to are; mole amarillo, mole verde, estofadas, chiles rellenos, pipían that be with fresh fish, shrimp, chicken or pork, guisados, adobados, or home-style pork carnitas a crowd favorite. In addition to veggies, rice, beans, fresh fruits, locally made cheese, refreshing agua fresca and dessert.

Vegetarian and Vegan options.

You’ll get the recipes in PDF’s after the cooking class too!

Plus ice cold Mexican beers and a rare 100% tobalá mezcal from the Sola de Vega area.

*A Private Mexican Cooking Class can be tailored to your wishes.

If you are not ready for a full cooking class check out the Mexican Food Tour & Breakfast.

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Below is an Excerpt from enViva Magazine. Author Brian Overcast

Mi misión imposible: El mole

Un desafío más me esperaba en Puerto Escondido: aprender a hacer mole. Igual que con el surf, que nunca me imaginé capaz de practicar, jamás pensé que podría pasar de abrir un frasco de mole y agregarle caldo, a prepararlo desde cero.

“No sé por qué a este platillo le llaman mole amarillo; es más bien rojizo y anaranjado”, me comentó mientras salíamos al patio a cortar hoja santa para saltear el camarón. Todo fluía en esta cocina: los frijoles negros y el arroz estuvieron listos a tiempo, y me reí para mis adentros cuando me imaginé intentando lo mismo en mi cocina. Mejor disfrutar de este momento, y de la cremosa y tibia salsa de mole vertida sobre los jugosos camarones; una delicia con la nota picante perfecta.

“Invigorated by having successfully
flown across water on a board, I was
ready for my next challenge: making
mole. I headed to the market in Puerto
Escondido to meet my mole instructor,
Tony. First, he took me shopping, intently
examining each chili [sic]and vegetable.
In his personal kitchen, he chopped and
stirred and mixed away—everything
just flowed naturally, and I chuckled
just thinking about attempting this on
my own. Better just enjoy this moment,
I thought, as the creamy mole sauce
poured over the shrimp. And I did.”

Here are links to the Mexican Salsa Cooking Classes.

The Mexican Salsa Cooking Classes offer lessons concentrating on salsas.

Learn to Make Some Killer Salsas for Your Next Fiesta back home.