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Often credited with starting the Tex-Mex cooking craze, Jane Butel published her first cookbooks on New Mexican and American Mexican food in the 1960s. Sixteen cookbooks later, Jane now operates her own cooking school. In fact Bon Appetit has named her school one of the "Best in the U.S."
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Join Jane for a weekend or five nights of cooking fun, learning hands-on to prepare traditional and innovative Southwestern dishes. From tortillas, moles, and posole to menu development and presentationJane teaches her students in a thorough, yet fun manner.
Cooking classes are taught
in a variety of locations, from Jane's lovely Corrales home to a
professional kitchen in Santa Fe. All feature a team approach, with
Jane discussing the recipe's history and ingredients then everyone
breaking off and making the dish for the group to enjoy.
Jane also invites you
to join her for a culinary tour of the Colonial Cities of Mexico
Sept 13-20.
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Afternoon arrival on your own. Tonight you'll enjoy a welcome
dinner at a traditional Southwestern restaurant.
This morning you will enjoy your first cooking lesson with Jane Butel,
learning to cook traditional Mexican and Southwestern dishes such
as salsa, tostados, chile dishes. A delicious lunch follows the lesson.
Your afternoon and evening are free.
Today's lesson focuses on tortillas, tacos, enchiladas and burritos. You'll enjoy your culinary creations for lunch.
Afternoon and evening free.
This morning you'll learn how to prepare sopaipillas, chimichangos and various moles.
Afternoon and evening free.
Today you'll learn some exciting chile dishes, such as Navajo Green Chile Stew and Pecos River Red Chile. Lunch follows the lesson.
Afternoon free. Tonight, you'll celebrate your cooking adventure with a graduation dinner at a well known restaurant featuring continental cuisine.
The week concludes with a lesson on appetizers, soup, tamales, and desserts, all served with margaritas. Lunch follows the lesson.
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Afternoon arrival on your
own in Scottsdale or Corrales. At 6 pm, join Jane Butel for a welcome
cocktail reception where you'll learn about the history and tradition
of the dishes you'll prepare. A cooking lesson follows the reception
in which you'll learn to prepare some of the basics: guacamole,
tostados, various salsas, skillet bread and fajitas. Dinner follows
the lesson, accompanied by margaritas.
After continental breakfast, Jane will teach you how to prepare tortillas, enchiladas, tacos, and sopaipillas. Lunch follows the lesson.
Your afternoon is free to explore the area.
Gather for breakfast followed
by the final cooking lesson of the weekend, learning how to prepare
quesadillas, tamales, chile rellenos, and carne adobado. Lunch follows
the lesson and ends a fantastic weekend of Southwestern cooking.
Click here for a
recipe from Jane Butel's Cooking School
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PRICE PER PERSON
$900(Corrales)
$1650 (Scottsdale)
INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM
Weekend Package
Two nights accommodations (Scottsdale only)
Continental breakfast daily
Three cooking lessons followed by a meal
Welcome cocktail reception
October 12-14(Corrales)
November 30-Dec 2 (Scottsdale)
January 18-20 (Scottsdale)
February 15-17 (Corrales)
March 7-9 (Scottsdale)
April 2-9 (Oaxaca)
APril 25-27 (Corrales)
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