GUT Pre-Columbian/Postmodern Dinner

PRE-COLUMBIAN/POSTMODERN DINNER
SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2018  6:00 PM (3 HOURS)

THE GASTRONOMIC UNION OF TUCSON (GUT), A COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR OF SOME OF TUCSON’S BEST-LOVED AND MOST-ACCLAIMED CHEFS AND FOOD PROFESSIONALS, IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ITS PRE-COLUMBIAN/POSTMODERN DINNER SUNDAY, JULY 29TH AT THE CARRIAGE HOUSE. EMBRACING THE SPIRIT OF CREATIVE EXCHANGE THAT HAS GARNERED TUCSON’S UNESCO DESIGNATION AS A WORLD CITY OF GASTRONOMY, THE CHEFS OF GUT ARE OFFERING A 5 COURSE MENU WITH HORS D’OEUVRE AND BEVERAGE PAIRINGS FOR $75. THE MENU FOR THIS EVENT WILL CONSIST OF FOODS CULTIVATED AND HARVESTED IN THIS REGION PRIOR TO EUROPEAN CONTACT. THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, LOCATED AT 125 S. ARIZONA AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON WILL HOST THE EVENT. HORS D’OEUVRE WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM. SEATING WILL BE LIMITED. RESERVATIONS ARE AVAILABLE HERE: RESERVATIONS

MENU

Hors d’œuvre

Quail soup with soft-cooked quail egg

Native Seeds tepary beans, acorn, pepita, + amaranth cracker, pickled cholla buds

Agave simmered squash, saguaro syrup

Wood ear, barrel cactus, and piñon salad

Rabbit

Hualapai rabbit stew, confit rabbit, three sister salad, poblano puree, native flowers

Quail

Roasted quail stuffed with duck confit, sunflower, hominy, purslane

Deer

Maple smoked deerchetta, masa gnocchi, pulque wolfberry agrodulce, popped amaranth

Dessert

Tohono O’Odham squash atole, corn cookie crumble, prickly pear sorbet

Chefs

Anthony “Rocco” DiGrazia, Rocco’s Little Chicago

Michael Elefante, Mama Louisa’s Italian Restaurant

CJ Hamm, Saguaro Corners

Gina Skelton, Casino Del Sol

Mat Cable, Fresco

Devon Sanner, The Carriage House

Jerry Morgan, The Parish

Vanessa Moon, Phoenix Salt and Spice

Jose Almanza, El Taco Rustico

Matt Kraiss, Thunder Canyon Brewstillery

Nohemi Montoya, Eurest

David Martin, Red Desert BBQ

Rica Rances, The Parish

Tucker Hartford, Kitchen Ronin

Obadiah Hindman, Mountain Oyster Club

John Hohn, GAP Ministries

Janet Jones, Tanque Verde Guest Ranch

Izaak Morhaim, Harvest

Max Provost, Gastronomic Soldier of Fortune

Mary Steiger, Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery/Bistro