NEW TRIP: TLAXCALA, Aug. 24 – Sept.1, 2025

*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 … More NEW TRIP: TLAXCALA, Aug. 24 – Sept.1, 2025

“Cocina de fiesta: Oaxaca” August 31-September 10, 2024

For our Oaxaca trip, we will begin (and end) in Mexico City, flying as a group to and from the Nation’s capital to Oaxaca City. There we shall contrast, what I call, the Euro-centric methods and viewpoints of local Chefs with the reality of the truly sophisticated origins via regional Cooks. Fiesta is a word … More “Cocina de fiesta: Oaxaca” August 31-September 10, 2024