Casa de los Sabores Cooking School

Many people who come to Oaxaca want to know more about the wonderful unique food from this region especially the variety of "mole" sauces, the banana leaf-wrapped tamales and the vast array of soups, all using typical Oaxacan ingredients.

Experienced chef and owner of La Olla, Pilar Cabrera, offers you the opportunity to learn, hands-on, the complex cuisine of Oaxaca. Pilar´s cooking classes, held in La Casa de Los Sabores (House of Flavors), are set in her spacious, newly remodeled traditionally styled Oaxacan kitchen located on Libres # 205. In a warm and inviting atmosphere, you will learn to create the traditional Oaxacan dishes of your choice, made famous throughout Mexico and spreading worldwide.

After your class, you will enjoy the 5-course meal you yourself have prepared. Pilar will teach you her family´s generations-old cooking secrets so you can learn and enjoy a Oaxacan culinary legacy.

Joining the cooks team, Reyna Mendoza with her zapotec roots and flavors. We are looking forward to taste her delicious meals!

Reyna's Bio:

Reyna Mendoza was born in the Zapotec town of Teotitlan del Valle in the Oaxacan Valley. From an early age, Reyna began to learn how to grind on a "metate", make tortillas and toast chilis as most women from her town learn.

In 2001, Reyna became and integral part in the project "Que Tamal" created and sponsored by "La Mano Magica" whose purpose was to share with others the different kinds of tamales from Teotitlan del Valle. Shortly thereafter she began to work in the Bed and Breakfast, "La Casa Sagrada", as their head chef and reknowned cooking class teacher.

But it was in 2002 that Reyna took part in some of the most important culinary events such as "Culinary Adventures" and colaborated with other well-known chefs including Rick Bayles, owner of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago. She also attended the highly sort after cooking classes of Chef Ricardo Muñoz in his restaurant Azul Café y Oro. In 2005 she travelled to Canada to broaden her culinary horizons, give private cooking classes and to learn English.

Casa de los Sabores Cooking School

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