Private Mexican Cooking Lesson in a Coyoacan Apartment

Sightseeing  :  Mexico  :  Federal District  :  Mexico City  :  Cooking Classes

Meet Alda, a university student studying studying psychology who learned to cook from her father and grandmother. She lives in a modern house designed by her father in the contemporary Mexican style of the eighties. Alda loves introducing her guests to Mexican cuisine. Learn to cook a traditional Mexican meal in her kitchen. Enjoy the delicious meal you helped prepare while discussing Mexican cultural and culinary heritage.Join your host Alda for a private cooking demonstration and traditional in-home meal. Alda learned to cook from her father and loves spending time in the kitchen with her family. Alda and her parents share a beautiful home located amongst colorful colonial houses in the lively, tree-lined neighborhood of Coyoacan in the south of the city. Her friend Ricardo is a history buff and will host with her when his schedule allows.

Roll up your sleeves and join Alda in the kitchen. Learn to prepare dishes such as chilaquiles or corn quesadillas with a variety of fillings such as mushrooms, peppers, nopales (cactus), huitlacoche (corn fungus), and flor de calabaza (squash flowers), with beans or a tomato chickpea rice for sides. You can expect to learn to cook 2-3 dishes. The cooking portion of your experience will last 1.5 hours. Enjoy the meal that you helped prepare with Alda. Leave with new recipes, an appreciation of Mexican culture, and a true glimpse into a local's life. 

Please note, this is not a professional cooking class, rather this experience is a visit into an authentic, local home to meet a local person and share the culture and cuisine together.