Plant Food Lovers Tours and Classes

Merida Plant Food Lovers
Market Tour
Join Erin for an in-depth exploration of indigenous fruits, vegetables and other plants of Yucatan, starting with the pre-Hispanic diet and moving through history as traditional plant foods and preparations continue to shape the local diet. Your tour begins in colorful Parque San Juan and weaves through the central Lucas de Galvez market with plenty of stops for food and drink and chats with vendors along the way. This tour focuses on the local plant foods, therefore it happens to be 100% vegan.
2.5 hour walking tour
$800mxn/person
Tour available weekdays 10am
and by appointment
Merida Plant Food Lovers
Market to Table
Go beyond simply tasting the indigenous plant foods of the Yucatan region and learn to make simple fruit and vegetable preparations you can recreate at home. Your class includes the complete plant-tastic experience of tasting and learning at the central market, plus an additional 90 minutes creating delicious Yucatan-inspired dishes, fusing our own style with Yucatán traditions. Learn both traditional preparations as well as ways you can integrate the ingredients
into your own diet.
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1.5 hour walking tour and market shopping
+ 3 hour cooking instruction
$1400mxn/person
Tour + class offered weekday AM
by appointment
The Tortilla and the Mayan Milpa
featuring Laura of Manos en la Masa
Learn to make corn tortillas entirely from scratch, from nixtamal to comal, as Laura and Erin guide you in Spanish, English and Maya. We will also use our fresh masa to make polcanes filled with fresh local beans and chives and toast squash seeds to grind and mix into Sikil Pak. As we cook, you will learn about the importance of maiz to Mexican culture and how the Mayan food traditions continue to shape modern day life in Yucatan. Most importantly, you will learn that cooking Mexican plant foods from scratch is simple and delicious. After this class, you will be able to do so yourself in your own kitchen.
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3 hour class and lunch
$1050/person
Class offered Thursdays 10am
and by appointment

winter classes!
Cooking with Yucatan Plant Foods
In each class we focus on 3 Yucatan plant foods, like chaya, platano macho, yuca, chayote, mamey and more
Using the day's ingredients, we work together to create a 6 course lunch to learn the versatility of these 3 and other local plants foods
my goal is to teach you techniques and skills you can use to cook unfamiliar foods on your own
Classes are on alternating Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2 at Casa Misterio. Cost is $950mxn per class. A selection of class recipes included.