Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT:

IT IS NOT A RESTAURANT, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A CHEF

I am Minerva Lopez and I am a traditional cook from Oaxaca and I have more than 40 years of experience in pre-Hispanic and traditional cooking.

I invite you to spend a day at my house, with my family, my culture, it is an authentic experience where you will learn to cook as I learned, as if it were with mom!

Our groups are small which makes for an intimate, family experience

The market that we visited is the largest in Oaxaca and it is not touristic, where the locals go to buy our fresh and organic ingredients, here it is possible to adapt our menu to your tastes

There are vegan, vegetarian and meat lovers options.

At home away from the city in a small town, our outdoor wood stove is the best place to cook.

Everything we will eat is prepared at home

MORE THAN A CLASS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE

Thông tin khác

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Chính sách hủy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Bao gồm

seasonal dessert

dishes to choose

Vegetarian/vegan/gluten free menu option

Seasonal fruit waters

Local Market Tour

Air-conditioned vehicle

mezcal cocktail

Snacks (cheese, grasshoppers, etc)

Beer or soda

What To Expect

We will welcome you to my wood stove. I am a teacher of Traditional Oaxacan Cooking and winner of 1st Place in the Meeting of Traditional Cooks of Oaxaca. First I will take you for a walk through the largest market in Oaxaca, you will get to know endemic and local foods and products, this is where we will buy our fresh and authentic ingredients. I will teach you how to prepare from scratch a Mole Negro or Mole Coloradito, Green, Yellow and/or as well as Nixtamal to prepare tortillas, memelitas and empanadas, without forgetting our Molcajete Sauces, as some authentic Oaxacan dishes (ASK FOR THE AVAILABLE MENU FOR THE DATE YOU RESERVE, THERE ARE SEASONAL DISHES, VEGETARIANS, VEGANS TOO) During the cooking class we will drink local fruit drinks and eat quesillo and Grasshoppers while we prepare our dish TO CHOOSE At the end of the cooking class we will taste our dish made with a rich Mezcal and you can take the prepared products with you.

Sample Menu

starter

House chocolate with bread

A chocolate drink is served accompanied with traditional bread

starter

hand tortillas

Learn to make tortillas by hand on a clay griddle or pre-Hispanic stove

main

OPTION 1 Oaxacan Mole

available moles(10) you can choose 1 of them BLACK MOLE reddish chichilo green yellow yellow mixe stew nutty manchamanteles

main

Option 2 Experience with corn

2 different sauces are prepared with endemic chilies and tomatoes Quedillas with pumpkin flower and cheese memelitas yellow mole

main

OPTION 3 OAXACAN TAMALES

The black mole tamale is prepared in banana leaf and two more to choose from -green sauce -slices of chili -bean -sweet

main

OPTION 4 DISH OF YOUR CHOICE

ASK ABOUT THE SEASONAL INGREDIENTS AND DISHES

dessert

Typical Seasonal Dessert

Native or exotic fruits that we buy in the market, seasonal desserts Example roasted bananas Corn dessert (nicoatole) Oaxacan sweets

Tùy chọn

Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

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10/10 Culinary Journey in Oaxaca
Julie M,
20 thg 6, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Minerva warmly welcomed us and guiding us through a day that felt both deeply personal and authentically Oaxaqueño. We started with a visit to a local market, where we hand-picked fresh herbs, spices, and colorful produce. Over to her outdoor kitchen (which was stunning—open air, beautiful views, and full of warmth), we learned to prepare a mole meal from scratch. Every step was lead by Minerva, but hands-on and engaging. Even if you’re not an experienced cook, you’ll feel completely at ease. We prepped the food, cooked, sipped on mezcal, and ended the experience enjoying the meal we made together. It was more than a class—it was an immersive cultural experience and a beautiful connection to Oaxacan tradition. If you’re visiting Oaxaca, we highly recommend a cooking class with Minerva Lopez!
Highly recommended! We...
Helder C,
14 thg 5, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Highly recommended! We started the day picking up fresh ingredients at a local market, very little tourists around. Minerva walked around and introduced the group to local spices, food, and drinks. On the way to her beautiful home we stopped to pick up freshly ground corn for the tamales we learned how to cook. Minerva walked us through the whole process aided by her daughter and crew. Her daughter treated us to a refreshing drink and we also tried Oaxacan chocolate milk.
Book now - you won’t regret it.
Kate S,
14 thg 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Minerva is an accomplished, award-winning chef who has learned how to create a great experience for her guests. We met at the meeting place, were met by a translator who was from the US, met Minerva herself, and then jumped into a very nice van that drove us to a local market where we were the only tourists. We marveled as Minerva expertly navigated its sprawl, and were given the opportunity to see and taste our way through - buying up whatever we fancied along the way. We then got back in the van, made a pitstop to get our corn ground, and then drove to Minerva’s own home where we cooked and ate and cooked and ate. Minerva, her daughter, and her team were just excellent hosts. Highly recommend!
Our group really enjoyed...
Nicole C,
12 thg 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Our group really enjoyed Minerva's cooking class! The outdoor cooking area is very relaxing surrounded by a garden. We were cooking a complicated mole recipe, so she had the whole group divide up responsibilities and take turns prepping and cooking different items to make up the dish. We really liked this arrangement because it gave us time to watch and relax, versus cooking the entire time. The stove is also very hot, so it worked out well to take turns. Would definitely recommend!
The. Absolute. Best. Cooking. Experience. Ever.
Patricia C,
10 thg 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00
A perfect day. Annotated visit to the huge traditional central market. Minibus transport to Minerva’s beautiful home up in the hills not far from Monte Alban. Hands-on and thorough lesson where Minerva took us through selecting ingredients for and preparing her family recipe for black mole plus making corn tortillas. A mezcal moment. And we got to eat the delicious meal that we helped to create. A most satisfying day that I highly recommend!