discover Oaxaca
EIGHT-day experience
October 1-8, 2026
AN immersion INTO OAXACAN CULTURE
Your gateway to exploring Oaxaca’s vibrant culture through its extraordinary gastronomy. Whether it’s your first visit or your seventh, this enchanting region promises new discoveries as you delve into its culinary traditions, rich history, and cultural heritage.
for home cooks & professionals
Chef’s intensive
January 21st - 27th, 2027
This immersive program is designed for culinary professionals and passionate food lovers looking to deepen their knowledge of Oaxacan, pre-Hispanic, Yucatecan, and contemporary Mexican cuisine.
Mexico City
December 13th-19th, 2026
THE HEARTBEAT OF MEXICO
Join us on an unforgettable culinary and cultural tour to Mexico City, where vibrant flavors and rich history come together to create an experience like no other.
Since 1994
FOOD Tours in mexico
OUR STORY
Susana Trilling arrived in Oaxaca in the late 1980s with a question: how do you learn to cook in a place that isn't yours? She answered by settling in, building real relationships and opening her home to students. Thirty years later, Rancho Aurora remains the center of everything we do. Today, led by her son Kaelin, Seasons of My Heart offers cooking classes, week-long immersions and culinary tours throughout Mexico and Europe. But the foundation hasn't changed: the belief that food is learned best when you're sitting at the table with the people who know it.
COOKING CLASSES
Explore our themed cooking classes at our ranch in the beautiful Etla Valley
FOOD TOURS
Seasonal curated tours to culinary destinations in Oaxaca, Mexico City, Yucatán and Europe
CHEF’S INTENSIVE
We teach young and seasoned chefs in the Oaxacan and Mexican food traditions
CHef’s Table
A dinner experience at the ranch celebrating our native and local ingredients
Chef Kaelin’s Newsletter
The tomato ranch my father started
Thirty minutes north of the city, on the way to our cooking school in the Etla valley, my father started a tomato ranch twenty-five years ago.
ONE-DAY EXPERIENCE
Market Tour & Cooking Class
A full day of Oaxacan cooking, from the market to kitchen and recipes to take home.