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Chef Rick Bayless
Once a cook from Merida told me, the food in the three states of the Yucatán peninsula is like nothing else in the world. The dishes we prepare are not Mexican, but are Yucatecan. The majority of the population being Maya and their indigenous ingredients and cooking techniques are all blended into the local dishes.
Chef Ricardo Muñoz
Two of the very best possible experts on the cuisine of Mexico will be with the group to help everyone understand the intricacies of preparing such traditional dishes as cochinita pibil, pit steam-roasted pork, pescado tikin-xik, achiote-flavored grilled fish, and sikil p'ak, a pumpkin dip.
Ricardo Muñoz, Mexico City chef and owner of Cafe Azul y Oro on the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico campus in Coyoacán is the author of many books, including the Encyclopedia Gastronomica Mexicana. He is also now working with me on my new book, Cocina Mexican: Three Cultures, One Cuisine, and his own book in progress on the foods of Yucatán. Besides helping me set up the trip and guiding it, Ricardo will also be teaching two classes.
Rick Bayless, the outstanding U.S. practitioner of Mexican food, winner of Top Chef Master, co-owner of the award winning Frontera Grill, Xoco and Topolobampo restaurants in Chicago, and a frequent visitor to Yucatán, will also be teaching two classes. Rick is well known for his highly rated PBS series, Mexico One Plate at a Time, and is the author of more than seven Mexican cookbooks.
Whole grilled pescado tikin-xik
On other days, we will take time off from culinary pursuits to explore, instead, the fabled archeological sight of Chichen Itza and on another day to the Rio Lagartes Nature Reserve, a different but equally compelling experience on a water journey among the largest nesting population of flamingos in North America.
This trip starts and ends in Merida, Yucatán.
The trip costs
$4100, exclusive of air fare. With a one-day extension to Uxmal for $470.
A $400 deposit is required to assure participation.
Maximum of 20 participants
Please email to cul_adv_inc@attglobal.net for more information.
Flamingos at Rio Lagartes Nature Reserve
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