Cook your way through all seven Central American countries

Maybe you've eaten at a Salvadoran pupusería and thought, I want to make this at home* but you didn't know where to start. Maybe you have family roots in Central America and feel a quiet pull toward the food that shaped them, even if no one in your kitchen ever taught you. Or maybe you're simply a curious cook who's worked your way through Italian, Thai, Mexican, and you're hungry for something that most cookbooks haven't given you yet.

If any of that sounds familiar, we want you to know: you're exactly who we made this for.

I've spent years sitting at kitchen tables across Central America, watching hands shape masa, listening to stories about what goes into a clay pot and why, learning which herb means celebration and which one means mourning. What struck me again and again is how little of this extraordinary culinary tradition makes it out into the wider cooking world, and how much is at risk of being reduced to a few tourist-menu dishes when it deserves so much more. That's what drove me to build this school, not just to teach recipes, but to hand you the full living context that makes them sing.

Here's what we know about learning to cook a new cuisine: the recipes alone are never quite enough. You need to understand why the annatto goes in when it does, what "cook until the fat separates" actually looks like, and what that dish meant at the table where it was born. So every lesson in this school is built around that kind of understanding, sensory, cultural, and technical at once. You'll learn the foundational techniques (handmade tortillas, banana leaf tamales, clay pot braises, open-fire grilling) in a way that transfers across all seven countries, so you're building real skill, not just completing isolated recipes.

We also want to be honest with you about one thing: We built this school to be genuinely accessible. You don't need to live near a Latin market. You don't need fancy equipment. You don't need prior experience with Central American cooking. What you do need is curiosity and a willingness to slow down, to read the story behind the dish before you turn on the stove. That's the posture this food rewards, and it's the posture we’ll be with you in, every step of the way.

Come pull up a chair. The table is set, the masa is ready, and there are seven countries worth of stories to cook through together. We can't wait to share them with you.

💕 Clare and Dlayne