CUSTOM CULINARY (& MEZCAL) TOURS OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Each of our Oaxaca, Mexico, culinary tours is custom designed for groups of 6 – 18* people. (see mezcal educational excursion information below in green, for any number (one or more) of aficionados with a keen interest in learning).
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 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 (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 1 - 4 individuals.
WE ALSO OFFER:
MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS OF OAXACA, RANGING FROM ONE TO FOUR DAYS, FROM ONE PERSON TO A GROUP OF 18, PICK-UP MORNINGS FROM YOUR LODGING 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). WE EVEN ARRANGE FULL WEEK ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGES. 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: mezcaleducationalexcursions@hotmail.com
-WEEKLONG CRAFT BEER, MEZCAL & PULQUE GASTONOMIC / CULTURAL TOURS;
"ORDER YOUR BILINGUAL MEZCAL TASTING WHEEL, WITH OVER 230 TASTES AND AROMA NUANCES."
NOW AVAILABLE, THE MOST COMPRESENSIVE ENGLISH BOOK ABOUT MEZCAL'S COMPLEXITY AND NUANCES, FULL COLOR WITH PHOTOS: MEZCAL IN THE GLOBAL SPIRITS MARKET: UNRIVALLED COMPLEXITY, INNUMERABLE NUANCES.
For our regular culinary tours, email us at info@oaxacaculinarytours.com.
Each of our Oaxaca, Mexico, culinary tours is custom designed for groups of 6 – 18* people. (see mezcal educational excursion information below in green, for any number (one or more) of aficionados with a keen interest in learning).
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 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 (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 1 - 4 individuals.
WE ALSO OFFER:
MEZCAL EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS OF OAXACA, RANGING FROM ONE TO FOUR DAYS, FROM ONE PERSON TO A GROUP OF 18, PICK-UP MORNINGS FROM YOUR LODGING 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). WE EVEN ARRANGE FULL WEEK ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGES. 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: mezcaleducationalexcursions@hotmail.com
-WEEKLONG CRAFT BEER, MEZCAL & PULQUE GASTONOMIC / CULTURAL TOURS;
"ORDER YOUR BILINGUAL MEZCAL TASTING WHEEL, WITH OVER 230 TASTES AND AROMA NUANCES."
NOW AVAILABLE, THE MOST COMPRESENSIVE ENGLISH BOOK ABOUT MEZCAL'S COMPLEXITY AND NUANCES, FULL COLOR WITH PHOTOS: MEZCAL IN THE GLOBAL SPIRITS MARKET: UNRIVALLED COMPLEXITY, INNUMERABLE NUANCES.
For our regular culinary tours, email us at info@oaxacaculinarytours.com.
