Susana Trilling and son, Kaelin Ulrich
Chef, Teacher, Author
Susana Trilling is a chef, teacher, caterer, author, TV hostess, food consultant and directora of Seasons of My Heart Cooking School and Sazon de Mi Corazon S.A. de C.V., producing gourmet Mexican products. She owned 2 NYC restaurants, a restaurant in Fremantle, Western Australia and has lived in Oaxaca since 1988, where her two sons were born and raised on her ranch outside of the city.
Kaelin Ulrich Trilling, Oaxacan Chef, La Calenda.
Photo: Marissa Sanchez
Translations
Fiesta del Pueblo: Village feast
Dona Maria: Oldest jarred mole sold in the United States
Chilhuacle Negro: Large dried black in smooth-skinned chle traditionally used to make black mole
Fiesta de la Quemada del Chile: Townspeople gather to “quemar el chile” — Traditional pre-fiesta burning of the chiles
Jalapa del Valle: Day of the Dead celebration
Mole de garrote: Mole stirred with a thick bamboo stick for hours
Kaelin: Que vengas a echarte unos mezcales — When you come to drink some mezcal
The tortilla is our spoon
Recipe
Chichilo (link TK)
Books and Reference Material
Seasons of My Heart by Susana Trilling
The Food and Life of Oaxaca by Zarela Martínez