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Learn something exciting or pick up a new hobby at these weekly classes covering a wide range of topics. Classes are perfect for beginners and taught by experienced, passionate instructors.
This hour-long workshop is an introduction to the tradition of Zoque-Maya chocolate-making. Come experience cultural enrichment, ancestral food preparation, and try some cacao-based drinks.
Presented by Esmeralda Torres and the Lopez Aquino Family of Chiapas, Mexico, and Utah. This Hobby 101 class is offered in partnership with the County Library and the Utah Historical Society (UHS).
The workshop explores preserving family food heritage and ancestral wisdom, focusing on culinary traditions. It features the Lopez Family's Maya and Zoque chocolate-making tradition—examining ancestral recipes, ingredients, tools, and techniques to honor and celebrate their ancestors' resilience and love and to foster stronger participant identity.
The session also examines common experiences among Utah's native and diverse communities in preserving ancestral food preparation for family sustenance and generational knowledge. It looks at similarities and differences in ancestral tools and the use of native versus non-native foods, and addresses the challenges and resilience involved in upholding these family recipes as a way to preserve essential family values and unity.
- Age group: Adult
- Event type: Class