Sharing Traditions Cooking Class & Market Tour

The Sharing Traditions Cooking Class & Market Tour combines a walk through the Chuburná neighborhood market in Mérida, Yucatán, with a multi-course cooking session in a small-group kitchen setting. The five-hour experience begins at the Mercado de Chuburná, where the group shops for produce, chaya leaves, cheese, and masa before returning to the kitchen to cook. The menu covers three courses: empanadas de chaya con queso de bola, a savoury pastry filled with the leafy chaya green and Edam-style cheese; Yucatecan tamales; and pollo pibil, achiote-marinated chicken finished with a savoury profile similar to its pork counterpart. All three courses are savoury, with the meal's variety coming from technique -- fried empanadas, steamed tamales, and roasted chicken -- rather than a sweet-savoury split. The market tour, ingredient shopping, cooking instruction for the full three-course meal, and printed recipe cards are included; drinks beyond what is served with the meal and transport to the meeting point are not. The class is run in a small group to keep every participant involved in preparation rather than watching a single cook, and the pace allows time to work through three distinct techniques. Dietary notes, such as avoiding a specific ingredient, can sometimes be accommodated if raised at booking, though the fixed menu is built around chaya, cheese, and chicken. The format suits visitors who want a broader survey of Yucatecan home cooking than a single-dish class offers, ending with a shared meal of everything prepared.