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GRANCOOKS

Jun 14, 2007, 5:41 PM

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HOME COOKING OAXACA

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We are looking for a home cook for a cooking class - not a professional cook or cooking school but someone who would be willing to invite people into her or his home. Could be in Oaxaca city or in outlying village. We will be Oaxaca in February 2008.



geri

Jun 19, 2007, 12:17 PM

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how many people?


GRANCOOKS

Jun 19, 2007, 4:10 PM

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could be as many as 10


geri

Jun 19, 2007, 5:16 PM

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I'll ask around. I'm assuming you want a Mexican family/home, traditional cooking, i.e. comal, etc.

This reminds me...there's a new (well fairly new) restaurant a short distance outside of Oaxaca called Stone Soup. They heat river stones and throw them in the soup (tomato and herb broth with shrimp) and you watch it cook, bubbling and steaming right before your eyes. It's a rustic restaurant, palapa style.

The stone soup tradition started in a pueblo high in the mountains above Oaxaca, the name of the indigenous people escapes me right now, because the men of the village decided they would cook one day a week, giving the women a day off. And this is the meal they came up with!!! The soup, by the way, is delicious.

Gollee, I should know the name of the people. I have a friend who is from there. It's a remote place, about 6 or 8 hours by bus from Oaxaca. I'll remember the name as soon as I hit "send" probably.


Gayla

Jun 21, 2007, 4:10 PM

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You might want to look at this link. They're in Teotitlan del Valle.

http://www.casasagrada.com/...ooking_classes.shtml


geri

Jun 22, 2007, 5:02 AM

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I have a contact for you to contact re your request for a cooking class in the home of a Mexican family in Oaxaca. If you send me a private email (you don't give one in your profile), I'll put you in email contact with someone who knows of such a family in a village outside of Oaxaca. This will be a very special experience, I'm sure. You stated in your original post that you don't want a cooking school or anyone who teaches cooking professionally. I am merely the go-between. You will discuss specifics re dates and number of people, etc. directly with my friend who knows the family. Okay?


(This post was edited by geri on Jun 22, 2007, 5:04 AM)


geri

Jul 6, 2007, 1:35 PM

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Did you make contact with the person I suggested?
 
 
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