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This Week at the Carriage House: Cinco de Mayo Class, Passover Seder

This Week at the Carriage House: Cinco de Mayo Class, Passover Seder

Apr 10, 20171 min read

Here’s what’s shaking this week at the Carriage House:

Cinco de Mayo Class with Chefs Janos Wilder & Maria Mazon

6 – 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 • $60 per person

Chef and owner Maria Mazon at BOCA Tacos y Tequila (Credit: Jackie Tran)
Chef and owner Maria Mazon at BOCA Tacos y Tequila (Credit: Jackie Tran)

Chefs Janos Wilder and Maria Mazon will each feature two of their favorite Cinco de Mayo dishes. A tequila cocktail or two might be included as well.

Visit the event page to reserve your spot.

Temple Emanu-El Passover Seder

6 – 9 p.m. Saturday, April 15 • $225 per person, $400 per couple, or $1,500 per table of eight

The Carriage House is hosting a lavish multi-course seder with proceeds benefitting the Temple Emanu-El. Rabbi Cohon will lead an abbreviated version of the full seder program. Additionally, the event will feature choral music and “celebrity” waiters.

Temple Emanu-El Passover Seder Menu

Passed Hors d’Oeuvres
  • Mini Chilled Borscht – sour cream, horseradish
  • Grana Padano Tuile – spring vegetables, bitter herb aioli
  • Moroccan Haroset on Matzo
Dinner
  • Steamed Spring Asparagus – sauce gribiche, tarragon, smoked hamachi, crisp fried mushrooms, spring radishes
  • Pan-Seared Salmon with Ginger Carrot Coulis – roasted beet puree, pearl onions, lemon syrup
  • Double Chop of Roast Lamb Rack – olive oil crushed sweet potatoes with dried apricots, whole roasted and crushed almonds, Medjool dates, orange gastrique, pomegranate syrup
Dessert
  • Warm Flourless Chocolate Cake – Amarena wild cherry sorbet, almond macaroons

Too make reservations, call Temple Emanu-El at (520) 327-4501 or visit tetucson.org.

Don’t forget: Sign up for any 5 classes and the 6th is “on the house!”

For more information, visit carriagehousetucson.com.

Article written by:

Jackie Tran

Jackie Tran is a Tucson-based food writer and photographer. Best known locally for his work for Tucson Foodie, his work has also appeared in publications such as Bon Appétit, National Geographic, and the New York Times.

Outside of food, he also loves playing musical instruments and petting pets.

If you’d like to stalk him, visit his Instagram @jackie_tran_ or jackietran.com.

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