Owner: Dilsa Lugo

I am Dilsa Lugo, I’m from Cuer­navaca, More­los and I’ve been in con­tact with food since I had use of rea­son. I come from a large fam­ily where eat­ing all together at home hap­pened at least twice a day. Being from a town, I grew up with a gar­den where we grew corn, pump­kins, beans, lemons, man­goes, guayabas, green beans, chilies, and more. We did it for the love of see­ing our food all the way from seed to table but also to help out the fam­ily eco­nom­i­cally. I think that the pas­sion that I have for cook­ing and for fresh ingre­di­ents comes from there—from when I was a lit­tle girl help­ing my mom with the har­vest. When I went to col­lege I learned a lot about pes­ti­cides and I learned about the harm they cause peo­ple and the envi­ron­ment. When I came to Berke­ley it was very excit­ing to dis­cover the organic food movement—a move­ment that’s only recently begin­ning in Mex­ico. I real­ized, though, 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 me to start a Mex­i­can food busi­ness using local, sea­sonal ingre­di­ents that are organic when­ever pos­si­ble. For me, the most impor­tant thing 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. Thank you for your inter­est, I hope to cook for you soon. 

Email: loscilantrossf@yahoo.com