Cooking in the Campo: Learn to make tortillas and salsa from scratch!

Come spend the day with us in the beautiful campo of San Agustín Yatareni as we learn to make tortillas and salsa completely from scratch. This process, called “nixtamalización”, is just one of the ancestral culinary treasures that we tend to replace with mechanized processes in the bustle of the restaurant scene around the world. … Read more

Cooking in the Campo: Learn to make tamales, tortillas and salsas!

Venture out to Yatareni with Tlayudona and Doña Juana for a taste of life in the campo.  Juana and her family dedicate themselves to cultivating a mixture of corns, beans, and squash, known locally as “la milpa”.  Their property is close enough to Oaxaca´s city center to make it an easy venture, although you´ll enjoy … Read more

Cooking in the Campo: Learn to make tortillas and salsas!

Our adventure starts from the market,  choose your ingredients that you will use to make delicious tortillas y salsas! Visit the market and select everything you need with our translator.  Get ready for this experience full of colors, food, music and fantastic energy that you will only find in Oaxaca. Venture out to Yatareni with … Read more

Cooking in the Campo: Mole and Nicuatole!

So many of you have joined us for more than one “Cooking in the Campo” experience with Doña Juana and her family that we realized we needed to add some new foods to the menu! Continuing with our theme of what you can create from a backyard milpa (corn, beans, and squash) crop, we are … Read more