

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free Cacao Workshop 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: This Hobby 101 class is brought to you through a partnership with the County Library and the Utah Historical Society.

RSVP --&gt; https://slcls.libnet.info/event/15886892. 

This hour-long workshop is an introduction to the tradition of Zoque-Maya chocolate-making. Come experience cultural enrichment, ancestral food preparation, and try some cacao-based drinks.

Presented by: Esmeralda Torres and the Lopez Aquino Family of Chiapas, Mexico, and Utah.

This workshop explores preserving family food heritage and ancestral wisdom, focusing on culinary traditions. It features the Lopez Family's Maya and Zoque chocolate-making tradition, examining their ancestral recipes, ingredients, tools, and techniques to honor and celebrate their ancestors' resilience and love, fostering stronger participant identity.

The session also examines the common experience among Utah's native and diverse communities in preserving ancestral food preparation for family sustenance and generational knowledge. We will analyze similarities and differences in ancestral tools and the use of native versus non-native foods, addressing the challenges and resilience involved in upholding these family recipes as a way to preserve essential family values and unity.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/west-jordan/free-cacao-workshop/200029848510513
- **Event Categories**: Workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://slcls.libnet.info/event/15886892?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=west+jordan-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: West Jordan
- **state**: UT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 8030 S 1825 W, West Jordan, UT, 84088
- **lat**: 40.60525
- **long**: -111.94247
- **full address**: 8030 S 1825 W, West Jordan, UT, 84088, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Utah Historical Society (https://allevents.in/org/utah-historical-society/22738992)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 8030 S 1825 W, West Jordan, UT, 84088, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Utah Historical Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Free Cacao Workshop  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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