• Presita de Santa Rosa - Begin your culinary adventure with a convenient pickup from your San Miguel de Allende hotel or Airbnb, heading to a local residence for an authentic, interactive cooking class. Receive a warm welcome from Isabel in her lovely home, where the cooking session is conducted by her sister Michele or daughter Maria Jose, who share cherished family recipes and traditions. Start with a refreshing margarita and snack, then explore the garden to learn about the “three sisters” method of cultivating corn, beans, and squash.

Enter the open kitchen to craft 3–4 traditional pre-Hispanic Mexican dishes from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Depending on the season, you might prepare nopales, ceviche, pollo santo with mushrooms and squash blossoms, and even create salsa in a traditional molcajete.

Conclude your San Miguel de Allende cooking class by savoring the meal you helped create, followed by a classic dessert. This immersive culinary journey provides a deeper appreciation of Mexican culture, ingredients, and traditions, ideal for travelers seeking a genuine local food experience.

Dietary preferences such as vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, and gluten-free can be accommodated with prior notice.

• Private transportation
• Private cooking class and meal with host Isabel
• Alcoholic beverages

• Margarita or non-alcoholic agua de jamaica
• Nopales salad - Cactus, tomatoes, onion and cilantro in an oregano and vinegar dressing
• Fresh guacamole with chips
• Sopa de frijoles negros - Black bean soup topped with crispy tortilla strips
• Pollo santo - Chicken or rabbit stewed in a green tomato, hoja santo and cilantro sauce served with corn, mushrooms and squash blossoms
• Ate con queso

Visit a local home in San Miguel de Allende to learn the art of pre-Hispanic Mexican cooking from Isabel - a warm, dynamic and delightful Mexican grandmother (and former pediatrician) who loves to garden and cook! Isabel offers a private, authentic, hands-on Mexican cooking lesson in her home and garden that she designed herself. Isabel is incredibly passionate about pre-Hispanic cooking - in addition to learning about the culture and cuisine, you’ll learn about the ancient milpa technique of farming (aka the three sisters method of growing food)! Vegetarians are welcome - just let Isabel know in advance. Isabel has fond memories of being in the kitchen with her mother who taught her to cook on pre-Hispanic clay grills and molcajetes. She is excited to create new food memories with her guests.

• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

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