Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

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Earliest Date Available: October 13, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.
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Duration
6 hours
Group size
Max 10 guests
Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
Language
English, Spanish
Duration
6 hours
Group size
Max 10 guests
Accessibility
Stroller Accessible
Language
English, Spanish

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4.8
•207 reviews
 US$114.98  per guest
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT: IT IS NOT A RESTAURANT, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF A CHEF I am Minerva Lopez and I am a traditional cook from Oaxaca and I have more than 40 years of experience in pre-Hispanic and traditional cooking. I invite you to spend a day at my house, with my family, my culture, it is an authentic experience where you will learn to cook as I learned, as if it were with mom! Our groups are small which makes for an intimate, family experience The market that we visited is the largest in Oaxaca and it is not touristic, where the locals go to buy our fresh and organic ingredients, here it is possible to adapt our menu to your tastes There are vegan, vegetarian and meat lovers options. At home away from the city in a small town, our outdoor wood stove is the best place to cook. Everything we will eat is prepared at home MORE THAN A CLASS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF FLAVORS AND KNOWLEDGE
seasonal dessert
Lunch
dishes to choose
Vegetarian/vegan/gluten free menu option
Seasonal fruit waters
Local Market Tour
In-vehicle air conditioning
Air-conditioned vehicle
Alcoholic beverages
mezcal cocktail
Snacks
Snacks (cheese, grasshoppers, etc)
Beer or soda
We will welcome you to my wood stove. I am a teacher of Traditional Oaxacan Cooking and winner of 1st Place in the Meeting of Traditional Cooks of Oaxaca. First I will take you for a walk through the largest market in Oaxaca, you will get to know endemic and local foods and products, this is where we will buy our fresh and authentic ingredients. I will teach you how to prepare from scratch a Mole Negro or Mole Coloradito, Green, Yellow and/or as well as Nixtamal to prepare tortillas, memelitas and empanadas, without forgetting our Molcajete Sauces, as some authentic Oaxacan dishes (ASK FOR THE AVAILABLE MENU FOR THE DATE YOU RESERVE, THERE ARE SEASONAL DISHES, VEGETARIANS, VEGANS TOO) During the cooking class we will drink local fruit drinks and eat quesillo and Grasshoppers while we prepare our dish TO CHOOSE At the end of the cooking class we will taste our dish made with a rich Mezcal and you can take the prepared products with you.
STARTER
House chocolate with bread
A chocolate drink is served accompanied with traditional bread
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hand tortillas
Learn to make tortillas by hand on a clay griddle or pre-Hispanic stove
MAIN
OPTION 1 Oaxacan Mole
available moles(10) you can choose 1 of them BLACK MOLE reddish chichilo green yellow yellow mixe stew nutty manchamanteles
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Option 2 Experience with corn
2 different sauces are prepared with endemic chilies and tomatoes Quedillas with pumpkin flower and cheese memelitas yellow mole
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OPTION 3 OAXACAN TAMALES
The black mole tamale is prepared in banana leaf and two more to choose from -green sauce -slices of chili -bean -sweet
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OPTION 4 DISH OF YOUR CHOICE
ASK ABOUT THE SEASONAL INGREDIENTS AND DISHES
DESSERT
Typical Seasonal Dessert
Native or exotic fruits that we buy in the market, seasonal desserts Example roasted bananas Corn dessert (nicoatole) Oaxacan sweets
Meeting Point

Gral. Antonio de León 1, General Antonio de León, Oaxaca, Mexico, MX, 68000

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WE CAN AGREE ON A PLACE OF DEPARTURE OR THE ZOCALO OF THE CD OF OAXACA, IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL. ALSO IN THE LESCAS CO TOURS OFFICE, THEY ARE FRIENDS OF MINE AND CAN WAIT IN THEIR OFFICE ANTONIO DE LEON NO. 1 LOCAL I IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CONTACT ME BY CALL OR WHATSAPP +529512903409
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

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No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.
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Natalia_MSeptember 2026 • Viator
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Highlight of the trip

We had high expectations for this tour and they were absolutely exceeded. The market tour was very informational and we even got to see where maiz is processed. The cooking experience in Minerva Lopez’s home was absolutely incredible since she has so much knowledge to share. Overall a major highlight of our trip and we hope to return soon!

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leighannw112September 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Amazing time with Minerva and team!

Rare and wonderful! Sandy our guide and Tonya Minerva’s daughter picked us up and took us for a market tour. It was nice to see and have experienced guides for the market. Minerva’s outdoor kitchen was amazing. We love to cook and the food, ingredients and cooking methods were a great opportunity to learn so much more. We learned to make an amazing mole and to cook tortillas on the Comal. She shared with us her 8 year journey from a suggestion that she do a cooking class for a couple interested ...read more

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Response from ViatorSeptember 02, 2026

Gracias por tomarse el tiempo para escribirnos, su visita fue muy especial para nosotras, hicieron tortillas perfectas

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rigostravelsAugust 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Oaxacan cooking with Minerva Lopez

Everything was great from start to finish! The pick-up was on time. The market visit was informative. Minerva's teaching technique was thorough yet easy to understand. The food we made was delicious. And digital recipes were sent to me at the end. I took three different classes with Minerva. All were taught in her beautiful covered outdoor kitchen, over a wood fired stove, with her attractive and functional garden in the background. I found Minerva to be a patient and kind person. She showed ho...read more

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Response from ViatorSeptember 02, 2026

Hola, muchas gracias por tu visita a nuestra cocina, fue muy divertido cocinar contigo, espero vuelvas pronto

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anabelc582May 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Highly Recommend

Such a great experience from start to finish. We picked up fresh ingredients at the market and were transported comfortably in an air-conditioned van. We made Mole Amarillo, two salsas, Memelitas, and Quesadillas de Flor de Calabaza, and the whole class was very hands-on. Minerva was great, and honestly, the experience was everything you would hope for in a traditional Oaxacan cooking class. Also, a big thank you to Sandy, our translator, and Minerva’s assistant Elena, who were both so kind and ...read more

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DanqueirosApril 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Authentic Cooking Experience

I did a fair bit of research trying to find which would be the most authentic mole cooking experience. I'm very glad that we selected this one as right from the beginning we were picked up at the meeting location in an air conditioned bus, went to the market to select all of the ingredients that we were about to use to prepare the mole and then drove out to the countryside to a beautifully authentic home where we proceeded to get step by step instructions on how to make a beautiful mole negro. T...read more

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