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Mexican Cooking Class: Authentic Dishes with Lucía
5.0
89 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Immerse yourself in Mexican culture and cuisine with a gastronomic historian in Mexico City. Cook authentic dishes, learn cooking tips, and indulge in traditional flavors!
Immerse yourself in Mexican culture and cuisine with a gastronomic historian in Mexico City. Cook authentic dishes, learn cooking tips, and indulge in traditional flavors!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mexico City - Enter the inviting home of Lucía, a distinguished gastronomic historian, for an engaging cooking class in Mexico City that combines traditional flavors with cultural storytelling. This unique opportunity allows participants to learn genuine Mexican recipes from a local expert who excels in both classic family dishes and innovative,…
- Mexico City - Enter the inviting home of Lucía, a distinguished gastronomic historian, for an engaging cooking class in Mexico City that combines traditional flavors with cultural storytelling. This unique opportunity allows participants to learn genuine Mexican recipes from a local expert who excels in both classic family dishes and innovative, modern versions using the freshest local ingredients.
With Lucía’s guidance, participants can choose between a hands-on cooking session where they prepare each dish together or a live cooking demonstration to observe her techniques closely. Throughout the experience, participants will uncover cooking tips, ingredient secrets, and cultural insights not typically found in restaurants.
Ideal for couples, families, and groups of friends, this experience can be customized to suit individual preferences. Lucía is pleased to accommodate vegetarians and guests with dietary restrictions; simply communicate your needs when booking. The meal is complemented with local beverages such as Mexican beer or tequila.
Whether seeking authentic flavors, cultural immersion, or practical cooking skills, this culinary experience in Mexico City provides an unforgettable taste of local life.
What's Included
- Private cooking class with host Lucia, including a meal
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Enjoy both lunch and dinner
- Gratuities are taken care of
- Selection of alcoholic beverages
- Private cooking class with host Lucia, including a meal
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Enjoy both lunch and dinner
- Gratuities are taken care of
- Selection of alcoholic beverages
Meal Options
- Nopalitos soup in bean broth, lima soup, tortilla soup, aztec soup
- Albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle meco, - chiles en nogada, encacahuatado with chicken
- Pork in verdolagas
- Mexican white rice, red rice, or black rice with platano macho
- Dulce de guayaba, dulce de mamey, flan de cajeta, or gollorias
- Coffee or tea
- Nopalitos soup in bean broth, lima soup, tortilla soup, aztec soup
- Albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle meco, - chiles en nogada, encacahuatado with chicken
- Pork in verdolagas
- Mexican white rice, red rice, or black rice with platano macho
- Dulce de guayaba, dulce de mamey, flan de cajeta, or gollorias
- Coffee or tea
Additional Information
During this experience, you will cook authentic Mexican dishes with your host Lucía in her spacious home kitchen and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques! Lucía can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients.
Your…
During this experience, you will cook authentic Mexican dishes with your host Lucía in her spacious home kitchen and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques! Lucía can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients.
Your menu will be based on the season and might include dishes like potato leek soup, albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle mecos (meatballs in a smoked chili sauce), sopa de nopalitos (cactus paddles in bean broth), fideo soup (Mexican noodle soup), traditional moles (savory meat dishes cooked in spice and chili sauce) and chile en nogada (stuffed poblano chilies, smothered in creamy walnut sauce).
Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to experience Mexican culture and cuisine firsthand!
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Private, personalized experience
- Please note, this is not a commercial cooking class, rather this experience is a visit into a Mexico City home to meet a local who is an expert cook, and share Mexican culture and cuisine together.
Location
Santo Desierto
Lucia's home is in the San Angel neighborhood of Mexico City. She lives on Santo Desierto which is off Calz. Desierto de los Leones. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your confirmation voucher for the exact address, the above only offers a generic location in her neighborhood.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(89 Ratings)
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Loriwv6535lx
Jul 7, 2025
Delicious food and delightful company! - We had such a wonderful time visiting with Lucia and learning from her! She is warm and welcoming and her recipes were delicious- I definitely will be making them again and again at home! Lucia made it feel like we were neighbors just stopping by for a visit❤️
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Laila
Jul 7, 2025
Wonderful meal and experience, great hospitality! - Wonderful experience with a lovely home cook! We enjoyed a generous meal and learned so much preparing it. A highlight of our time in Mexico City. We got to tour a different part of the city, learn from our guide about her life and family and neighborhood, tour the food markets and learn about the food, and enjoy the cooking experience. We learned how to make mole, quesadillas and arepas, work with zucchini blossoms, and make Mexican flan. We had a delicious meal together in her garden with a view. Highly recommend for couples or families with kids who are old enough to enjoy working in the kitchen.
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Stephanieae4817bc
Jul 5, 2025
Beautiful, delicious, and super fun meal! - We had a wonderful time, and delicious meal with Lucia! We learned so much about the food we made, it's history, and it's ingredients. Lucia is fun, warm, extremely knowledgeable, an amazing cook, and her kitchen is comfortable. We made three dishes, three sauces, and a desert, and we had a beautiful meal in her peaceful garden. I truly loved this experience, and it was one of the highlights of our trip to Mexico City! Gracias Lucia, espero que nos volvamos a ver pronto 💖
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M4139snmatthewl
Jun 23, 2025
Amazing!! - We had such a great time! Lucia was so knowledgeable and accommodating. I would highly recommend taking this class. This was the highlight of my trip to Mexico City!
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Kathleen
Jun 10, 2025
Cooking class with Lucía is a MUST! - Cooking class with Lucía is a MUST while visiting Mexico City!
Lucía is an amazing chef. My husband and I met her at the best Mercado in Mexico City. We wandered through the amazing grocery store sampling wonderful treats that you will never find in American stores or restaurants. We then drove to her beautiful casa in the hills. We learned to make fresh corn tortillas, two different salsas, stuffed poblano peppers, stuffed tortillas with ingredients including squash blossoms. We made crispy tortilla chips to go with the mouth watering salsas. Fried white rice that turns out amazingly fluffy, sweet mango dessert, and several other dishes. All of this washed down with a glass of hibiscus juice or a cerveza!
The last comment I would like to make is that we sampled Lucía’s jalapeño jelly on a corn tortilla topped with goat cheese!! Never have we eaten any jalapeño jelly that good. You should purchase her jelly that she sells in a beautiful jar to take home with you.
Lucía made us feel like part of her family.
Gracias Lucía!
Kathleen and Ron
Texas
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Kiheisteph808
May 31, 2025
Great morning with Lucia - My mom and I did the cooking class with Lucia and really enjoyed it. Lucia is easy to talk with, accommodating to various tastes, and gave us other recommendations for our stay. We learned how to make some new dishes and enjoyed a delicious lunch outside. It was a pleasure to spend part of our day with this experience. Would highly recommend!
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Happiness16512599992
May 14, 2025
Cooking and sharing - Lucia's class left us wanting to know more! - We booked this because of Lucia's background as a gastronomic historian. And I'd like to begin by saying I recommend this class without reservation. With all those warnings of Mexico City's traffic, we left early and arrived early. Didn't faze Lucia whose helpers, the lovely Eva and the musically inclined Claudio invited us in and led us into her beautiful home. Her garden has spectacular views and her house is sunny and filled with artefacts from Mexico and beyond.
What followed was an experience that was such a great insight into Mexican cuisine, away from all the recommended restaurants. Lucia had been to the market and picked up fresh small squash blossoms amongst other delights. She set to work with my husband and I as helpers. The menu:
1. Salsa - red and green
2. Sopes
3. Quesadillas - with 2 fillings: squash blossoms and huitlacoche
4. Chiles rellenos
5. Mexican rice
It was an experience with insight and advice from both Lucia and Eva. Musical accompaniment was provided in the background by Claudio as he tended the garden. Lucia taught us how to roll out the various tortillas and Eva coached me on how to place them on her frying pan. A bit different from the rotis and puris that we make in India. We had a wonderful exchange on spices, learned that guacamole does not have garlic or onions -when it does, the garlic has to be confit-, on the impact of the Spanish on Mexican cuisine. Lucia gave us tips on where to purchase the pottery she used and the pans used for roasting everything from pepper to tortillas. We found our happiness a few hours later at Mercado Sonora - reminded me of a mix between Crawford market and the Vile Parle east markets in Mumbai - packed with people buying everything from electronics, clothes, pets, to pottery and household goods. The sopes were the only dish with meat -fresh chorizo- a refreshing change and the size was perfect for a snack or an accompaniment. small tortillas pinched whilst hot to a small low quiche style receptacle to be layered with a paste of refried beans, crumbled, cooked chorizo, and sprinkled with fresh cheese. The quesadillas were fried half-moons stuffed with squash blossoms and huitlacoche - we couldn't decide which we preferred as both were excellent. I need to find fresh huitlacoche in PA! The tomatillo salsa was bright and refreshing. And dessert - simmered guava in its own juice. Perfect. I can't wait to make these. Thank you Lucia for making our last day in Mexico unforgettable. I am looking forward to cooking with you again and learning more! the morning-afternoon flew by!
Lucia is knowledgeable, her kitchen is well-appointed and roomy. My husband enjoyed his beer with lunch - maybe next time I'll ask Lucia about wine-pairing.
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R4127oyjanl
Apr 29, 2025
Mucho Grande! - Can't say enough about our time with Lucia. She is an excellent teacher and skilled at her teachings. My husband and I enjoyed our time in her beautiful home. We learned so much and hope to utilize what w learned. Thank you, Lucia!
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Trek787503
Apr 28, 2025
A meal to remember - Taking the cooking class with Lucia was absolutely amazing and would recommend to anyone who would like an authentic cooking lesson. I took this class with my partner - one of us is vegetarian so the lesson and meal was geared toward this and we both found it to be delicious. Meat was not missed for either one of us with the food Lucia taught us to make. Lucia was patient and helpful in her instructions; she made us feel welcomed into her home and demonstrated that she cared about our learning experience by getting to know us and the type of historical gastronomical information we wanted to know about. We both cooked with flor de calabaza and huitlacoche for the first time in our lives and fell in love with both ingredients. Once we finished making our meals, we were able to sit on the patio of her beautiful backyard and have conversation, enjoying the fruits of our labor, and feeling like we were with family. As we discussed different topics around food, Lucia made recommendations about resources to read and local food to try. Even after our class was complete, we stayed in communication with Lucia while we followed up with the recommendations she provided. Lucia is a wonderful host, teacher, and chef, and we could not recommend this experience any more highly. This was a highlight of our visit to Mexico City.
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C7860ackens
Apr 22, 2025
The Best Cooking Experience in Mexico City - What a wonderful wonderful experience. Lucia is not only a wonderful chef but she is a true historian of gastronomy. Even more important was that she is a lovely human being. We came as patrons and left as friends. Her home was beautiful and the setting for our meal was in a gorgeous garden patio. The cooking for the various courses was very fun and the food itself was awesome. Lucia is very good at tailoring the meal to the client's tastes. She send the recipes for everything. We have done other classes in the City. But if you only can do one cooking class in Mexico City this is the one to choose.
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