*Starts and ends in Mexico City*

Albeit very small geographically, Tlaxcala has a great culinary tradition with many ingredients that are of vital importance to all of Mexico’s cuisines today, and to Mesoamerica in the past. It also appeals to me geographically as a belly button of Mesoamerica, and as the perfect place for starting Culinary Adventures re-focus on our nation’s traditional cuisines. It will be the rainy season, which is our season of plenty. August is the month of harvest, par excellence.

Please arrive early to Mexico City to join our group from the onset, as we gather right away on Sunday morning where, over breakfast, we dive into introductions and conversation about our trip’s focus. We will go to the “belly button” of Mexico City- which will be prescient to the rest of our trip! After a very insightful talk by our associate Jafet Durán (ardent researcher, cook and as obsessive as us in fighting to defend our traditional cuisines), we shall head to the first of two grand cooking tutorials with our friend, the renowned culinary investigator and Chef, Ricardo Muñoz Zurita. 

Arriving to Tlaxcala by land -past great volcanoes- we will plunge into an array of activities under the guidance of master Tlaxcalteca Chef Irad Santacruz and lead by traditional Tlaxcala Cooks and experts. They include a bread-making class (a longtime dream- ¡ajúa!), a look into the millenary traditions of Tlaxcalteca utensils and, of course, examining the role of corn, amaranth and other abundant rainy season ingredients in indigenous cuisine via master classes by our traditional Cooks and, a grand tutorial with Chef Irad in his own culinary investigations workshop. Returning to Mexico City, we will sum up our trip with the final master class by Chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita.

“Tlaxcala: Land of the Corn Tortilla:   August 24th-September 1st, 2025” starts at $5800 with our SLIDING SCALE SYSTEM* (for 6 participants) and includes: 8 cooking classes, 6 cultural visits/talks, 8 nights hotel (based on double occupancy), 3 meals/day, ground transportation within Mexico (Mexico City-Tlaxcala-Mexico City), and all fees associated with the trip, excluding airfare to/from Mexico. [The fee for a single supplement is $400.00] Minimum participants: 6. This trip starts and ends in Mexico City.

We have limited space and reservation time, so if interested in participating, a $550 deposit is due when signing up (check, Zelle, Venmo) and final payment by July 20th. You will receive a receipt and informative trip schedule after signing up!

With our sliding scale system, your final payment will be adjusted to the number of participants accordingly- rope in your best travel partners! In the extreme case of the minimum 6 participants not being met, your Culinary Adventures Inc trip deposit and payments will be fully refunded. 

Not included: •alcoholic beverages (apart from any we consider pertinent to a class or meal) •your airfare to and from Mexico •transport from international arrival •early arrival or departure accomodations •travel insurance •excess baggage fees •airline cancellation fees. We strongly recommend purchasing refundable tickets and travel insurance. 

By starting and ending in Mexico City, we have created the option of add-ons before or after the trip to allow you further exploration of other branches of our culture such as music, dance and the plastic (aka “fine”) arts. Email us for more info!

Reflecting on the vitality of natural corn as México stands up to save its people’s origin and legacy as “people of corn”- de maíz somos y maíz comemos-  and  expunges the GMO from our crops is exciting, as is musing on the power and complex role food plays, making us who we are… and are not!

We look forward with enormous joy and appreciation to sharing, once again, our endlessly rich and unusual country. Your participation helps to preserve the legacy of our traditional cuisines- Thank you! For any questions, please email us at office@culinaryadventuresinc.com or call, text or WhatsApp Carmen: (760)577-2810.

¡Hasta pronto! Carmen and Sofía