Owner: Dilsa Lugo

Dilsa who’s from Cuer­navaca, More­los has been in con­tact with food since she was a girl. She comes from a large fam­ily where eat­ing all together at home hap­pened at least twice a day. Being from a town, she grew up with a gar­den where they grew corn, pump­kins, beans, lemons, man­goes, guayabas, green beans, chilies, and more. Her fam­ily did this for the love of see­ing their food all the way from seed to table but also to help out eco­nom­i­cally. The pas­sion Dilsa has for cook­ing and for fresh ingre­di­ents comes from there—from when she was a lit­tle girl help­ing her mom with the har­vest. When she went to col­lege she stud­ied hor­ti­cul­ture and learned a lot about pes­ti­cides and the harm they cause peo­ple and the environment.

When Dilsa came to Berke­ley it was very excit­ing for her to dis­cover the organic food movement—a move­ment that’s only recently begin­ning in Mex­ico. She real­ized that there weren’t many Mex­i­can food places that had these issues in mind and that offered alter­na­tives that were health­ier for peo­ple and the envi­ron­ment. This is what inspired her to start a Mex­i­can food busi­ness using local, sea­sonal ingre­di­ents that are organic when­ever possible.

Los Cilantros is a cater­ing and events com­pany whose mis­sion is never to lose authen­tic­ity and that peo­ple always enjoy the fla­vors of food that is sim­ply but care­fully pre­pared using the best ingre­di­ents available.

Tele­phone: 510.230.7350

Email: loscilantrossf@yahoo.com

Web­site: www.loscilantroscatering.com