Mexican Home Cooking School
"A Culinary School" - "A Mexico Vacation "

Want to Cook Gourmet Mexican Food?

Spend your morning in class preparing a sumptuous mid-day meal. Then enjoy the fruits of your labor. Relax a little afterwards or take a short siesta, and then it's off to do some exploring in Colonial Mexico. In the evening return for cocktails and a gourmet dinner.

Learn from the Experts!

Learn the Classic
Gourmet Cuisine of the
"Real Mexico"

"a serene retreat for cooking enthusiasts." - San Francisco Chronicle

A Mexican Cooking School in an Inspiring Environment
Culinary School and Bed & Breakfast Retreat

The exclusive but affordable Mexican Home Cooking School is located in a peaceful rural setting, overlooking pine-clad hills and a beautiful lake, near the charming colonial state capital of Tlaxcala. A perfect place for a perfect culinary vacation.

Learn to Cook Classic Mexican Recipes:
Spanning from Pre-Hispanic Times to the Present

A very high cuisine developed in the Tlaxcala/Puebla area of Mexico in pre-Hispanic times. It was added to and enhanced by Spanish and French influences during their occupations, resulting in a kitchen as rich, subtle and complex as any in the world; well beyond what is usually understood to be Mexican food. This level of sophisticated gourmet cooking was kept in households for special occasions. It is almost never found in restaurants and is nearly lost to the present generation of Mexicans. Senora Estela is passing on what has been kept alive in her family of these dishes and traditions.

You don't need to be an advanced cook to learn this cuisine. The techniques are simple to learn, but you'll be surprised how complex the flavors turn out. Though my classes cover the flavor nuances of a host of chiles, this is not a course about hot and spicy food. It is about flavors, as ancient as the Aztecs and as sophisticated as French cuisine. And, the classes are fun.