La Gran Tamalada: A Tamale Making Workshop
Saturday, December 17, 2022
3-6 pm
An all-ages cooking class and cultural experience that fills your belly and your heart!
LA GRAN TAMALADA
A tamal is a tasty Mexican meal, but a tamalada is a delicious gathering of family and friends.
Tamales are a traditional Christmas food throughout Mexico and the Southwestern US. A tamalada is a tamal-making party. People share stories, remember loved ones, and maybe even gossip a bit.
The techniques for making these corn-meal pockets have been handed down from generation to generation. That’s how Jesús de la Torre learned to make tamales, and that is how he and daughter Maya will teach you at La Gran Tamalada!
Tamale ingredients and snacks generously donated by Condesa Restaurante Mexicano
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, December 17 from 3-6 pm at the JAC
All tamal ingredients included (chicken and vegetarian filling)
Snacks and refreshments provided
Traditional Mexican games and crafts will be available if/when the little ones need a break, plus music and holiday cheer
Tickets: $50 per person ($45 for JAC Members; and children aged 10 and under are welcome to join at no cost)
Come as a group! $150 for 4 (Buy 3, Get 1)
Join Jesús and his daughter Maya as they share this beloved family tradition with you and your family.
You’ll learn how to make traditional chicken tamales and vegetarian versions during this fun, hands-on class. All you bring are your hands and an apron. We provide everything else needed to experience making these winter delicacies.
You'll take home half a dozen tamales! Come as a family, friend group, or on your own and learn how to make tamales together. Each person signed up will get their own 6 tamales, two recipes (traditional and vegetarian) and plenty of interesting tamal folklore and history.
Read more: Jesús de la Torre in Edible Rhody "Making Tamales Takes More than Masa”