Mexico City cooking class

Food-focused tour guide Graciela Montaño, left, takes Liz Elliot through a tianguis, or traditional open-air market.

A street musician performs at a tianguis, a traditional open-air market, in Mexico City.

After picking up ingredients at an open-air market, Graciela Montaño, left, instructs Liz Elliot in preparation. The one-on-one cooking experience is offered through Montaño’s Aura Club de Maridaje.

Graciela Montaño, left, and Liz Elliot taste-test a meal in progress in an Aura Club de Maridaje cooking class in Mexico City.

Graciela Montaño, left, instructs Liz Elliot in traditional meal preparation in a Mexico City cooking class.

As part of an Aura Club de Maridaje class, instructor Graciela Montaño, right, and Liz Elliot prepare a meal.

Instructor and student converse over meal ingredients.

Cooking instructor Graciela Montaño, left, talks with client Liz Elliot.

Instructor Graciela Montaño, left, and Liz Elliot prepare to enjoy the meal they prepared in an Aura Club de Maridaje class in Mexico City.

Mexico City

The sky clears after rainfall in Mexico City.