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Sazón Site for Culinary Professional Classes on Mexican Cuisine
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico -- Sazón, Orient-Express’s new cooking school and retail store located in the Mexican colonial town of San Miguel de Allende will be the host site for Marilyn Tausend’s Culinary Adventures trip for chefs and industry professionals to Mexico on January 11 – 18, 2007.
Tausend is considered one of the leading experts in Mexican cuisine. She has authored several books including, “Mexico the Beautiful,” “Cocina de la Familia,” “Savoring Mexico,” “Mexican” (Williams Sonoma), and most recently “Bite by Bite, Experiencing Mexico's Culinary Pleasures” for Fodor's 2007 guidebook. In addition to her writing, she has consulted on numerous television programs including Food Network’s Too Hot Tamales. Tausend first began offering culinary adventure trips to Mexico in 1987. In addition to trips offered through her company, Culinary Adventures, she also coordinates trips on behalf of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).
The Intensive Mexican Cooking program in San Miguel in January is open to chefs and others involved in professional preparation of food who want to learn more about the dishes, ingredients and techniques of Mexico’s regional foods. Participants will stay at Casa de Sierra Nevada hotel located only blocks from the school. These intensive classes will be lead by award-winning Mexican chefs Roberto Santibañez, culinary director of Rosa Mexicano restauarants in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Ricardo Muñoz, one of Mexico’s top chefs and cookbook writer of regional Mexican foods, along with several local food professionals. Cost for this trip, excluding transportation to San Miguel, is $3,565 and class size is limited to 14 people. For more information about this trip go to www.marilyntausend.com or email cul_adv_inc@attglobal.net.
Sazón is a fine tableware and cooking school located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Offering traditional Mexican cookware, glassware and pottery exclusively created for the store by master artists of Mexico. A central courtyard – boasting a herb garden and fountain, join the retail space to the cooking school. The name Sazón is derived from the verb Sazonar which mean to season or spice. Sazón is located one block from El Jardin, the main city square of San Miguel de Allende, and Casa de Sierra Nevada. Founded in 1542, the town of San Miguel de Allende is a National Monument of Mexico. Considered one of the best preserved Mexican colonial towns, it sits at 6,400 feet above sea level, and was one of the wealthiest cities in “New Spain” due to its location along the “silver route.” Today, its cobble-stoned streets are lined with century’s old mansions that today are a mixture of personal residences, galleries, restaurants and boutiques.
For more information visit the website www.sazonsanmiguel.com or call 154-7651 or from the USA 011-52-415-154-7671 or 1-800-701-1561 for culinary packages that include accommodations.
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Casa de Sierra Nevada is a boutique hotel with 33-rooms spread amongst nine 16th to 18th century Colonial mansions, including: Casa del Parque, a fort in the 17th century and then a customs house catering to the silver trade; and Casa Principal, the former residence of San Miguel de Allende’s Archbishop in 1580 and an official historical landmark. Centuries old architecture, individually designed buildings and guest rooms combined with genuine Mexican hospitality create a true residential feel. Part of the Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises collection, Casa de Sierra Nevada is recognized as one of the “Top 10 Hotels in all of Mexico and Central America” in Condé Nast Travelers’ World’s Best Awards and Travel + Leisure Magazines coveted T+L 500. For more information www.casadesierranevada.com or (415) 152 70 40 (country code: 52) or 1-800 701-1561.
