Here’s What You’ll Be Eating at SAVOR Food and Wine Festival This Saturday

What
SAVOR Food and Wine Festival
When
Feb. 6, 11am
Cost
$65
More Info
saaca.org

SAVOR Food and Wine Festival, one of the most popular annual events put on by the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA), is back Saturday, February 6.

Beginning at 11am, taste culinary creations from 40 of Southern Arizona’s premiere restaurants, brewers, winemakers and coffee roasters while enjoying the scenery at Tucson Botanical Gardens.

Participating chefs include a who’s who roster of local culinary celebrity fame, such as Tucson Iron Chef Danny Perez, Maria Mazon 0f Boca Tacos y Tequila, and Eddie Coronado of Wildflower. The festival focuses on “showcasing the diversity of the tasty talents throughout the region and conscious cooking.”

General Admission tickets run $65 per person.

Participating Restaurants & Chefs at SAVOR Food and Wine Festival

• Agustin Kitchen – Top Knot Duck Tinga on Hubbard Squash Puree
• Alfonso Gourmet Olive Oil & Balsamics – Samples of Olive Oils and Balsamics
• Athens on 4th Avenue – Spanakopita, Greek salad, Saganaki, Roast peppers, grilled pita
• Boca Tacos y Tequila – Black Bean Enchilada Eggrolls with Eamarind sauce
• Café Botanica – Smoked Nopal Canape with avocado-lime drizzle on poblano polenta cake
• Chef Chic – Beer Bread Bowl with IPA Risotto with pork belly. S’mores shake- Chocolate cup filled with a porter shake topped with graham cracker crumbs and a brulee marshmallow top
• Chilttepica Salsa – Chilttepica Salsa, a fresh medium red chiltepin salsa
• Commoner & Co./Prep & Pastry – Goat Cheese Brulee Tart
• Fini’s Landing – Chorizo Stuffed Clams with Chubasco Hot Sauce Trio
• Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery / Bistro – Award-Winning Dill Pickle Soup paired with Shaved Ham Sandwich with horseradish cream sauce
• Gringo Grill + Cantina – Manchego and Chorizo stuffed Chili Relleno
• JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa – Pork Posole with fried hominy and Shrimp Sopes with Spicy Cilantro Crema
• Kingfisher Bar & Grill – Kingfisher’s Seafood Gumbo paired with the Kingfisher Hurricane Cocktail
• The Living Room Wine Cafe & Lounge and Humble Pie – Meatball slider with red sauce and Parmigiana on brioche bun; Mixed berry crepe topped with seasonal berries, berry sauce
• Mama’s Hawaiian BBQ – Prickly pear and toasted macadamia nut lemon squares with a mesquite flour crust
• Noble Hops – Focaccia paired with a India Pale Ale Brew
• North Italia – Tuscan Kale Salad, Short Rib Radiatore, Salted Caramel Budino
• Omni Tucson National – Pecan Wood Grilled Flank Steak on Wagyu Beef Rillette with Sorrel green & Bora Bora Sea Salt
• Penca – Roasted Corn Mousseline with a Beet and Chiltepin Salsa
• [POPPED] Artisan Popcorn – Various flavors of Artisan Popcorn
• PY Steakhouse – E&R Pork Lardo, House Focaccia, AZ Date & Pecan Mostarda served with cocktails featuring Three Wells Distilling products
• Queen Ceviche – Organic hibiscus syrup with organic lemonade
• R & R Family Kitchen & BBQ – Pulled Pork Sliders and Tacos
• Rigo’s Restaurant – Mini Chimichangas (Beef, Chicken, Calabacitas) with Tamarindo Ice Tea
• Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain – Red Velvet Trifle: cream cheese icing, red velvet sponge cake, raspberry crunchy cream puff, raspberry chocolate cream
• Seis Kitchen & Catering – Chili Verde Pork Taco on handmade corn tortillas
• Sogno Toscano Tuscan Dream – Selected breads and olive oil and balsamic sampling
• Sonya’s Brown Sugar Bakery – Mini Cheesecakes with Prickly Pear Wine Gelee
• The Coronet – Lemon Tumeric Cookies and Lavender Earl Grey Cookies
• The Melting Pot Restaurant of Tucson – Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries and Chocolate-Covered S’mores
• The Still – Desert Flower Punch
• Table of Elementz – Prickly Pear and Thai Chili Smoked Brisket Slider. Crispy Corn Tortilla and Vegetable Slaw with a Tamarindo Dressing. Tamarindo, Candied Poblano Chili and Toasted Pine Nut Fudge
•  Tavolino – Penne Fungi (penne pasta with mushrooms, spinach in a parmesan cream sauce) and Penne Bolognese (penne pasta with a meat rage sauce)

• Tazzina di Gelato – Various Gelato
• Tucson Country Club – Chipotle Chicken Pasta and Duck Confit Salad; Ginger Margarita: Milagro silver tequila, house-made ginger syrup, fresh lime juice, topped with ginger beer and a salted chili rim
• Tucson Tamale Company – Santa Fe, Green Corn, Santa Cruz, New Dehli Tamales
• Ume Sushi & Asian Cuisine – Strawberry, Kiwi, Pineapple and Cream Cheese Dessert Sushi rolled in sweet rice and topped with locally-grown pecans, shredded coconut and a prickly pear syrup
• Vero Amore –Eggplant Parmesan paired with a Clove Daiquiri provided by The Still
• Wildflower – Cider glazed Pork Belly, Cauliflower Polenta, Brussel Sprout Leaf, Pickled Green Garlic and Mini Mocha bar with huckleberry and crème fraiche

Libation Participants at SAVOR Food and Wine Festival

• Arizona Hops and Vines – Namaste (Chardonnay), Cazzo Piccolo (Sangiovese Cabernet), The Fluffer (Sparkling Moscato)
• Beast Brewing Company
• Blue Moon Brewing Company – Hard Orange soda/Henry’s hard Ginger Ale
• Bodega Pierce Winery – Pandora – Pinot Gris Blend, Chardonnay, Moscato, Emotive – Super Tuscan Blend, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon
• Borderlands Brewing Company – Noche Dulce Vanilla Porter, Citrana Wild Ale
• Caduceus Cellars – Merkin Vineyards – 2013 The Diddler, Caduceus Cellars – 2013 Lei Li, Merkin Vineyards – 2014 Chupacabra, Caduceus Cellars – 2012 Primer Paso
• Carlson Creek Vineyards – 2012 Carlson Creek Sangiovese, 2012 Carlson Creek Rule of Three, 2012 Carlson Creek Sauvignon Blanc, 2013 Sweet Adeline Riesling
• CataVinos Wine Shoppe & Tasting Room – Featured premium wine samplings
• Dragoon Brewing Company – Dragoon IPA, Scout Porter
• Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine Bar – HopShock IPA, Mr. Pineapple, Devil’s Ale
• Fermented Tea Company – Four flavors of Kombucha Tea
• Golden Rule Vineyards – Wine samples
• Hamilton Distillers – Whiskey Del Bac – Classic and Clear
• Hannah’s Hill Vineyard – Hannah’s Hill Vineyards Wine, Viognier, Malbec, Petite Sirah
• Iron John’s Brewing Company – Beer samples
• Maynard’s Market & Kitchen – Maynards AZ Red Zinfandel Blend, Maynards AZ Red Malbec Blend
• Oskar Blues Brewery – Dale’s Pale Ale, Pinner IPA, Oskar Blue, Mama’s little yella pills, Old Chub
• PRP Wine International – Selected Wine Sampling
• Pueblo Vida Brewing Company – Brew Samples
• Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine Tequila – Mexican Moonshine Tequilas: Silver, Reposado, Añejo
• Sand Reckoner – 2014 W White; 2013 R Red; 2013 X Malbec
• San Tan Brewing – HopShock IPA, Mr. Pineapple, Devil’s Ale , Grapefruit Shandy
• Sonoita Vineyards – Local wine sampling
• Southern Arizona Hops and Vines
• Three Wells Distilling Company – Sonora Silver, Sonora Copper and Agave Silver

Participating Roasters at SAVOR Food and Wine Festival

• Black Crown Coffee – 4 oz. samples of Brazilian/Ethiopian coffee blend
• Hermosa Coffee Roasters – A selection of coffees from around the world
• Yellow Brick Coffee – Costa Rica: Don Pepe, Kenya: Kayu, Nexico: Nueva Esperanza, Chiapas coffees

For more information, visit saaca.org. For tickets, visit saaca.thundertix.com.