Susana Trilling and son, Kaelin Ulrich

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