To both those who know me and those I have yet to meet- ¡¿cómo están?!!! Mostly leaving the exhausting Covid era out of the conversation- I do send my love to those affected by it and loving remembrances to those we lost.

After a long hiatus from our travels with groups, I am very happy to announce upcoming trips and a variety of services, some born from the pandemic- and others which have always existed on my part but not “advertised” in the past by Marilyn per se! Also, I have new coordinators assisting in the set up and investigation for trips. Jafet Duran and Cecilia Gaitan, both originally from Ricardo’s fold. They are invaluable to me. Some of you may well have met them at one point.          During Covid, I kept sane by teaching regional Mexican home cooking via Zoom for UCSD (University of California San Diego), consulting for several US located Mexican restaurants (with my team!) and translating cookbooks for Larousse México, plus the random projects Ricardo often throws at me!

UPCOMING TRIPS -oh those words are music to my ears- •OAXACA–Cocina de fiesta– September 1-8, 2024 •Yucatán–A fondo– for food professionals, November 9-17, 2024… On the drafting table are two summer trips of a slightly different nature, deeply rooted culturally and visually striking- more to come on them… And as always, I do like to reiterate that we pay people fairly, something I insisted on when Marilyn first proposed this business to me. Mexico is not a bargain or a deal. No one’s culture should be that.

New services for everyone– •We now offer personalized trip set ups for a fee, with or without one of us on hand to aide and assist in person. •We will also offer the flexibility of an alternative trip for aficionados or food professionals on most trips offered, if a minimum number of participants is met. This allows our food professionals to get their “manos en la masa” for the benefit of their profession and our aficionados to fulfill their culinary obsession of Mexican foods! •Dates not right for you? •Want to go at another time? •Have a group of staff or friends wanting to go? Text (760-577-2810) or email me office@culinaryadventuresinc.com and let’s see what we can work out!

New for food professionals– •Recipe development •staff training in food and culture in Mexico or on site at your restaurant •sourcing of service equipment such as linen, tableware, crockery, glassware and furniture •sourcing of ingredients (allowed by USDA!)…These are many of the “new” and some already existing services we want to offer our food people!

This is all for now, I will follow with more soon. And those of you who are already our people -our gente- an email will go out soon. ¡Hasta pronto! Carmen