Get ready for a fun day of shopping and tamale making with eHow food expert, Darlene Tenes of CasaQ and chef demos by Chef Salvador Arciniega and Chef Steve Cortez. Browse the Mexican Heritage Plaza for unique finds from Latino artists and gift vendors, enjoy an authentic tamale lunch and learn to make traditional tamales for the holidays. Gather up a group of friends for a family-style assembly line to learn how to properly wrap and fold the tamales and take them home to eat. Yum!
CasaQ Tamale Making & Mercado
Sunday, November 24
10:00 – 5:00pm
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116
Note: All activities will take place indoors
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CHEF DEMOS
Note: Chef Demos are open to Tamale Pass ($8/open seating)
& Big Tamale Pass ($65/reserved seating) holders only
10:00 am
Food Plaza & Mercado Opens
11:00 am
Chef Demo: Ensalada de Noche Buena • Presenter Chef Sal Arciniega
Learn to mix up this refreshing fruit salad on a bed of lettuce topped with pomegranite seeds and peanuts traditionally served on Christmas Eve with tamales.
12:00 pm
Chef Demo: Sweet Tamale Roundup • Presenter Chef Sal Arciniega
Learn how to make sweet tamales including pumpkin pecan, chocolate raspberry and traditional pineapple & raisin.
1:00 pm
Chef Demo: Tamales around the World • Presenter Chef Steve Cortez
Learn about tamales made around the world from the Philippines to South America.
Note: Chef demos are subject to change
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TAMALE MAKING 101 WORKSHOP
2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Workshop: Tamale Making 101 • Presenter Darlene Tenes of CasaQ & Chef Sal Arciniega
Learn to make traditional chicken, pork and cheese tamales for the Holiday. We’ll start with a chef demo on how to make the meats and masa, then participate in a family-style assembly line to learn how to properly wrap and fold the tamales which you will be able to take home and eat.
Cost: $65
Workshop includes:
Reserved Seating, Chef Demo, Hands-on Tamale Making, One Tamale Lunch & Beverage, 6-12 Tamales to take home, Recipe Booklet
*pre-registration required
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MERCADO
Visit our Mercado to see hand-picked original art, homemade arts & crafts and gifts items with a Latino flavor just in time for the Holidays.
Sunday, November 24
10:00 – 5:00pm
FREE Admission / Free Parking
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95110
Vendors
Ay Dios Mio, CasaQ Ornaments, ChaChas Aprons, Eternal Glow Aesthetics, Fuzzy Lollipop, John Cloud Concepts, Jose Majul Jewelry, M.A.D. Crafts, MejiaArts, Monika Rose, Pampered Chef, SJR Gallery, Teatro Vision, Tochtli Cultural Wear, Treasure Paper Things & more…
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TICKETS
Mercado Only
Cost: FREE admission
Tamale Pass
Tamale Lunch, Mercado & Cooking Demos
Cost: $8 per person / $10 At-The-Door
Big Tamale Pass
Includes Tamale Making 101 Workshop, Tamale Lunch, Mercado & Cooking Demos
Cost: $65 or Table of 8: $450
Workshop includes:
Reserved Seating
Chef Demo
Hands-on Tamale Making
One Tamale Lunch & Beverage
6-12 Tamales to take home
Recipe Booklet
*pre-registration required
Benefits Amigos de Guadalupe, a non-profit organization which provides programs for Literacy, Gang Prevention, After School, New Parent Education, Mental Health, Immigration and Housing services in East San Jose, CA.