On Saturday, May 24th from 6-10pm, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, in association with Tucson Originals and KOLD will host the first Desert Dessert Night.

If you’ve ever attended one of the many culinary festivals in Tucson, it will be a similar format with a number of Tucson Originals restaurants offering samples. In addition, Desert Dessert Night will include:

• Twilight museum viewings
• Commemorative mug
• Specialty coffees and prickly pear margaritas for purchase
• Cookie baking demo by Rocco of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria
• Presentation on using native ingredients
• A competition by vote for the best dessert
• Photography exhibition
• Live music

A number of Tucson Originals restaurants will be present with original dessert creations, including:

• Mama’s Hawaiian Bar-B-Cue
• Kalina Restaurant
• BlueFin / KingFisher
• Dakota Bar & Grill
• Ironwood Restaurant Bar & Grill
• Ghini’s French Café
• Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery/Bistro
• Pastiche
• Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant
• Jonathan’s Cork
• Noble Hops
• Agustín Kitchen
• Casino Del Sol
• Tanque Verde Ranch
• Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria

Tickets are $33 for members and $43 for non-members. And, since KOLD is involved, they’ve got this nifty little promo video…

For more information, or to purchase tickets, please visit the Desert Dessert event page.