CUSTOM CULINARY, COOKING CLASS & MEZCAL TOURS
IN OAXACA, MEXICO
Each of our Oaxaca, Mexico, culinary and food tours is custom designed for groups of 6 – 18* people. And our mezcal educational excursions (with more information below in green), are for any number of aficionados with a keen interest in learning about agave, mezcal and / or pulque.
Culinary tour options include, but are certainly not restricted to:
· Demonstrations of the age - old methods used to make tamales, chocolate (beginning with hand grinding toasted cacao beans on an ancient stone metate), aguas frescas (fresh fruit juices), cheese, chorizo, and the pre-Hispanic drink of the gods, tejate
· Cooking classes taught by renowned chefs who own cooking schools in Oaxaca such as native Oaxacan Pilar Cabrera of Casa de los Sabores Cooking School (lauded by Rick Bayless), Susana Trilling (Seasons of My Heart Cooking School), and Reyna Mendoza (at her Zapotec homestead in Teotitlán del Valle).
· Touring colorful rural marketplaces with a vast array of organic Mexican foodstuffs including fruits & vegetables, aromatic and medicinal herbs & spices, and beverages
· Dining experiences ranging from the finest Oaxacan restaurants such as Casa Oaxaca, Los Danzantes, La Biznaga and La Olla, to the quaintest of roadside eateries such as El Tigre, to sitting down in the home of a rural Zapotec family for a traditional homemade comida
· Participating in the pre-dawn collection of aguamiel or honey water, for preparing pulque, the fermented drink imbibed by the indigenous peoples of Mexico dating to centuries before the arrival of the Spanish
· Discussion regarding the future of sustainable living and organic production in Oaxaca, regional recipe variation, and efforts being made to resuscitate, preserve and promote traditional local Oaxacan cookery as well as Mexican gastronomy in a broader sense
· Learning about mezcal from a palenquero (artisanal mezcal producer) whose family has been distilling the intoxicating yet smooth and smoky beverage since the 1800s; sample mezcal ranging from young or blanco made from 6 - 8 different species of agave, to five-year-old oak barrel aged, and from mezcal de pechuga to the spirit infused with exotic native fruits and sweetened with agave nectar; perhaps even witness the harvest of the succulent maguey plant used in its production
Since each Oaxaca culinary tour is individually created to meet the specific gastronomic passions of each group, as narrow or as broad as they may be, we suggest ... and you decide.
*For our elite travellers, we offer an exclusive, ultra-personalized 5 -7 day Oaxacan culinary touring experience, restricted to 4 individuals.
WE ALSO OFFER MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL TOURS IN OAXACA!
MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS OF OAXACA CONSISTS OF ONE OR TWO DAY TOURING PACKAGES, FROM ONE PERSON TO A GROUP OF 18, PICK-UP MORNINGS FROM YOUR HOTEL, APARTMENT OR B & B IN DOWNTOWN OAXACA, TRAVELING INTO THE HILLS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE CENTRAL VALLEYS OF OAXACA AND FURTHER BEYOND. LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE OF MEZCAL AND PRE-HISPANIC FERMENTED BEVERAGES (I.E. PULQUE). CONTACT:
Mezcal Educational Excursions of Oaxaca
Sierra Nevada 164
Col. Loma Linda
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Mexico 68024
Tel: (951) 132 8203
Alvin Starkman, M.A., J.D.
Email for further details.
And visit our new website.
Also available for purchase, the most comprehensive English book about mezcal's complexity and nuances, full colour with photos, entitled: MEZCAL IN THE GLOBAL SPIRITS MARKET: UNRIVALLED COMPLEXITY, INNUMERABLE NUANCES.
For our regular culinary tours, email us at info@oaxacaculinarytours.com and for detailed information about our mezcal tours including pricing, qualifications and testimonials, email us at mezcaleducationaltours@hotmail.com.
Culinary tour options include, but are certainly not restricted to:
· Demonstrations of the age - old methods used to make tamales, chocolate (beginning with hand grinding toasted cacao beans on an ancient stone metate), aguas frescas (fresh fruit juices), cheese, chorizo, and the pre-Hispanic drink of the gods, tejate
· Cooking classes taught by renowned chefs who own cooking schools in Oaxaca such as native Oaxacan Pilar Cabrera of Casa de los Sabores Cooking School (lauded by Rick Bayless), Susana Trilling (Seasons of My Heart Cooking School), and Reyna Mendoza (at her Zapotec homestead in Teotitlán del Valle).
· Touring colorful rural marketplaces with a vast array of organic Mexican foodstuffs including fruits & vegetables, aromatic and medicinal herbs & spices, and beverages
· Dining experiences ranging from the finest Oaxacan restaurants such as Casa Oaxaca, Los Danzantes, La Biznaga and La Olla, to the quaintest of roadside eateries such as El Tigre, to sitting down in the home of a rural Zapotec family for a traditional homemade comida
· Participating in the pre-dawn collection of aguamiel or honey water, for preparing pulque, the fermented drink imbibed by the indigenous peoples of Mexico dating to centuries before the arrival of the Spanish
· Discussion regarding the future of sustainable living and organic production in Oaxaca, regional recipe variation, and efforts being made to resuscitate, preserve and promote traditional local Oaxacan cookery as well as Mexican gastronomy in a broader sense
· Learning about mezcal from a palenquero (artisanal mezcal producer) whose family has been distilling the intoxicating yet smooth and smoky beverage since the 1800s; sample mezcal ranging from young or blanco made from 6 - 8 different species of agave, to five-year-old oak barrel aged, and from mezcal de pechuga to the spirit infused with exotic native fruits and sweetened with agave nectar; perhaps even witness the harvest of the succulent maguey plant used in its production
Since each Oaxaca culinary tour is individually created to meet the specific gastronomic passions of each group, as narrow or as broad as they may be, we suggest ... and you decide.
*For our elite travellers, we offer an exclusive, ultra-personalized 5 -7 day Oaxacan culinary touring experience, restricted to 4 individuals.
WE ALSO OFFER MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL TOURS IN OAXACA!
MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS OF OAXACA CONSISTS OF ONE OR TWO DAY TOURING PACKAGES, FROM ONE PERSON TO A GROUP OF 18, PICK-UP MORNINGS FROM YOUR HOTEL, APARTMENT OR B & B IN DOWNTOWN OAXACA, TRAVELING INTO THE HILLS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE CENTRAL VALLEYS OF OAXACA AND FURTHER BEYOND. LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE OF MEZCAL AND PRE-HISPANIC FERMENTED BEVERAGES (I.E. PULQUE). CONTACT:
Mezcal Educational Excursions of Oaxaca
Sierra Nevada 164
Col. Loma Linda
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Mexico 68024
Tel: (951) 132 8203
Alvin Starkman, M.A., J.D.
Email for further details.
And visit our new website.
Also available for purchase, the most comprehensive English book about mezcal's complexity and nuances, full colour with photos, entitled: MEZCAL IN THE GLOBAL SPIRITS MARKET: UNRIVALLED COMPLEXITY, INNUMERABLE NUANCES.
For our regular culinary tours, email us at info@oaxacaculinarytours.com and for detailed information about our mezcal tours including pricing, qualifications and testimonials, email us at mezcaleducationaltours@hotmail.com.
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