La Casa de los Sabores - Cooking School and Bed & Breakfast

Welcome to the Culinary Experience of a Lifetime!
Where deep tradition and mysticism merge in the flavors
and textures found only in Oaxaca.
Where the secrets of age old recipes are shared and passed down to you.
Where food is tradition and tradition is food...
a total cultural experience only Pilar Cabrera can offer.
Welcome to the Casa de los Sabores!

New Zapotec cooking classes with Reyna:

Reyna Mendoza was born in the Zapotec town of Teotitlan del Valle in the Oaxacan Valley. From an early age, Reyna began to learn how to grind on a "metate", make tortillas and toast chilis as most women from her town learn.

In 2001, Reyna became and integral part in the project "Que Tamal" created and sponsored by "La Mano Magica" whose purpose was to share with others the different kinds of tamales from Teotitlan del Valle. Shortly thereafter she began to work in the Bed and Breakfast, "La Casa Sagrada", as their head chef and reknowned cooking class teacher.

But it was in 2002 that Reyna took part in some of the most important culinary events such as "Culinary Adventures" and colaborated with other well-known chefs including Rick Bayles, owner of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago. She also attended the highly sort after cooking classes of Chef Ricardo Muñoz in his restaurant Azul Café y Oro. In 2005 she travelled to Canada to broaden her culinary horizons, give private cooking classes and to learn English.

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