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.

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Mexico City

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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.

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Oaxaca Cooking School Seasons of My Heart

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

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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.

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ONE-DAY EXPERIENCE

Market Tour & Cooking Class

A full day of Oaxacan cooking, from the market to kitchen and recipes to take home.