Market Visit and Cooking Lesson: Learn to Cook Contemporary Mexican Dishes Inspired by Family Recipes

• This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet Ismael at Mercado San Juan, Mexico City's oldest gourmet market. For many years this was the only market in the city to sell imported gourmet goods and is known as a haven for high quality ingredients and artisanal products. Ismael will take you to his favorite dealers, showing you where he selects the best fish, meat and produce. At the market, Ismael will suggest some menu options for from which you can choose which dishes you would like to learn to cook. Options are homemade guacamole, his special sangrita and mole or a more complex dish. You might pick up a few ingredients for your meal before heading to his home, a 20 minute subway ride from this bustling marketplace. Join Ismael for a Mexico City cooking class and learn to prepare 2-3 Mexican dishes in your hands-on lesson in Ismael's kitchen. As you cook together he will tell you the stories behind the dishes you prepare, as well as how he came to learn and perfect his recipes. Additional dishes for your meal will be made in advance. You can expect to cook for an 1 hour before enjoying the meal you helped to prepare.

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet Ismael at Mercado San Juan, Mexico City's oldest gourmet market. For many years this was the only market in the city to sell imported gourmet goods and is known as a haven for high quality ingredients and artisanal products. Ismael will take you to his favorite dealers, showing you where he selects the best fish, meat and produce. At the market, Ismael will suggest some menu options for from which you can choose which dishes you would like to learn to cook. Options are homemade guacamole, his special sangrita and mole or a more complex dish. You might pick up a few ingredients for your meal before heading to his home, a 20 minute subway ride from this bustling marketplace. Join Ismael for a Mexico City cooking class and learn to prepare 2-3 Mexican dishes in your hands-on lesson in Ismael's kitchen. As you cook together he will tell you the stories behind the dishes you prepare, as well as how he came to learn and perfect his recipes. Additional dishes for your meal will be made in advance. You can expect to cook for an 1 hour before enjoying the meal you helped to prepare.

• Private market tour and cooking class with your host Ismael

• Home-cooked lunch or dinner

• Wine or beer

• Bottled water

• Gratuities

• Hotel pickup and drop-off