Mexican Cooking with Raquel Rivera 10.9.25 @7 p.m., $125 pp
Join us for a fun Mexican-inspired Menu celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), as we prepare a fun themed menu that can be replicated as a prep-ahead weeknight staple. After preparing the dishes, we will then sit down to enjoy them together in Tim’s Kitchen.
Dia de Los Muertos Menu
Farm-Fresh Pico de Gallo and Homemade Guacamole w Tortilla chips
Vegetarian Sopes - Masa lightly fried and piled with refried beans, salsa verde and cotija cheese
Chicken Enchiladas
Mexican Street Corn
Tres Leches Cake
BYOB: Feel free to bring margaritas, cerveza or other beverage of choice
Chef Bio: Chef Raquel graduated with highest honors from the Institute of Culinary Education after completing her externship at Le Bernardin. After working for catering companies Raquel began teaching at a few NYC based cooking studios until opening A Pinch of Salt over 10 years ago. Chef Raquel teaches cooking fundamentals to all ages, focusing on healthy, seasonal, inexpensive meals that are culturally sensitive and delicious. Furthermore, she has trained adults desiring employment in the culinary field who are now vendors of the Bridgeport Farmers Market Collaborative. In 2010 Chef Raquel’s work was recognized with an invitation to the White House South Lawn as a part of First Lady Obama’s Let’s Move initiative and in 2019 she was awarded Women Business of the Year by the Southern CT Black Chambers of Commerce.
