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Mexican Home Cooking. Really hands-on, visually stunning hacienda, and wonderful instruction. What a great experience. In a small town of Tlazcala, just outside of Puebla,was a “hacienda style” home of Dona Estela and her American husband Jon Jarvis. A comfortable family home filled with the routines of a Mexican family in its kitchen. My room had a small balcony overlooking the lake and with views of Popocatapetl. If you want to see the photos of the cooking school, and my stay in Puebla,
go here.
Authentic taste, great instructions, lots of hands-,on and I finally got a detailed explanation of the different chilies and their names.
Dona Estela is a pro, both in running restaurants and managing a household. Great humor, Great techniques. No fancy equipment needed. No enforce tours, but lots of optional ones.
I can wholeheartedly recommend this hands-on cooking vacation-school.
This was the view from my room for a one week course at Mexican Home Cooking. This was an ideal cooking vacation for me. There were extensive hands on cooking courses every day, no pressure to attend "excursions", no fanciness, plenty of details, tequila to drink. Ahhhh. I love Mexican food, from the Yucatan to the Tex/Mex of the border. The small town of Tlaxcala, where the classes were held, is just north of Puebla. It was Puebla nuns who started mole. This is a rich culinary area. And there were oodles of lessons, great atmosphere, wonderful food and entertaining stories.
If you would like to see the pictures of this trip go to Picasa
