Tortilla making w/ Cleopatra & Beatriz

Cleopatra and Beatriz will show how to mix the Maseca masa and Aldo how to form and cook the the tortillas. In the tortilla-making class, participants will learn how to prepare the dough using maseca, shape the tortillas, and cook them on comales. The teachers will also demonstrate how to make a salsa, culminating in the preparation of tacos. Meat and toppings will be provided by the instructor to complete the taco-making experience.

Cleopatra and Beatriz are grandmothers that have been cooking food and making tortillas from an early age in Mexico. They have cooked for their families and also worked in restaurants through out their lives.

Cleopatra Tovar

She is 48 years old mother of three and was born in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. She learned how to cook and make tortillas from her mother and grandmother in Mexico. She has worked at restaurants like Abuelitas and Pepes.

Beatriz Benavides Melendez

She is 64 years old and a mother of four.

Her mother soledad had a tortilla and tostada factory in Mexico. She learned how to make this since a young age of 8 helping her family out with the business. Later married she helped found a restaurant in her hometown of Degollado,.Jalisco.

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