Meet the Tamal makers of TamalFest DC
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UPDATE #2: At noontime, we surpassed 71% of our goal. We just added a few more 2-ticket packages, after selling out of the first batch. Don’t delay. Help us make our goal by purchasing online tickets and save before we sell out again!
UPDATE: As of 7 a.m. today, we are 66% o our goal!
¡Five DAYS TO TAMALFEST DC!
We’re two-thirds of the way to our TamalFest DC 2016 goal. Purchase your online tickets today and help push our crowdsourcing campaign over the finish line!
Just a few more days to go! The deadline is noontime on Friday, when we will suspend online sales and reserve the remaining tickets for sale at the door.
So Get the $12 tickets while they last!
Meanwhile, we’d like to introduce you to the chefs and community cooks of TamalFest DC and tell you a little about what’s one the menu. Today we begin a new online Special Issue of Hola Cultura. All week, we will publish interviews, articles and more about TamalFest and the traditions involved in making the tamales.
We’re getting things started with an interview with the manager of DC’s Longest standing Salvadoran restaurant. Read our story and watch our interview with Ana Reyes of El Tamarindo.
Meet Miriam Perlacio, a People’s Choice Award winner at last year’s TamalFest, who has returned to defend her title and promote her Little Bites catering business.
She will reprise her Peruvian tamal recipe with led her team to victory last year while competing in the team fielded by Carlos Rosario Culinary Arts Academy.
Today we have a piece on the Oaxacan tradition of Lezo’s Taqueria, which began as an apartment bistro and last year expanded into a restaurant on Mount Pleasant Street NW. Check out our video with Lezo’s owner, Andrew Gonzalez.
Watch the TamalFest DC 2016 Trailer!
Besides all the great food, we’ll have live music, videos, artist tables, and kids activities. Read more here and come back again late this week for more interviews, articles and TamalFest updates.
Help spread the word! Online ticket sales end Friday at noon.
See you at TamalFest this Sunday, Dec. 4th!
¡Saludos!
Hola Cultura
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