This room recreates the intimate, day-to-day life of 18th-century San Luis Potosí, inviting visitors to imagine the scents and flavors of a viceregal kitchen in New Spain: the aroma of firewood, chicken, rabbit, turkey, pork, chile, milk, cheese, curds, and butter—just to name a few ingredients—along with the taste of preserves, caramel sweets (cajetas), and jellies that nourished and sustained daily life.

The centerpiece of this exhibit is the Brazier of the Vicereine María Francisca de la Gándara y Cardona de Calleja, a native of San Luis Potosí and the only Creole-born vicereine of New Spain. In 1807, she married General Félix María Calleja, the highest political authority and later Viceroy of New Spain.