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News Release
March 19, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RE: A Taste of Tamales by the Bay: An A-Maize-ing Benefit Event
for Benchmark Institute
Sunday, April 26, 2009
12:00 Noon to 4:30 PM
Fort Mason Center, Conference Center
Buchanan @ Marina Blvd.
San Francisco, California
Adults $35 by April 18, $40 after April 18
Children 6-12 $15
Children under 6 free with adult admission
Purchase online at
www.tamalesbythebay.org or call 415-695-9296.
CONTACT: Marta Mora 415-695-9296
marta@benchmarkinstitute.org
San Francisco's third annual tamale tasting will take place on Sunday,
April 26, 2009. This event will benefit Benchmark Institute, a
nonprofit organization that teaches advocates in nonprofits how to use
the law to help low-income communities.
"Since 1999 we have served tamales at our fundraising dinners and know
how difficult it can be to find excellent, commercially prepared
tamales. That experience led us to this event, to make the process
easier for others. Tamales are at the tipping point of becoming
the next 'in' food, popular with people from all different cultures."
says Rosemary French, President of Benchmark Institute.
Guests will sample tamales from some of the finest tamale makers in
Northern California, including up and coming food artists supported by
La Cocina Community Kitchen. There will be a variety of tamale
styles including Oaxacan, Yucatán, Salvadoran, and Chilean. Guests
can purchase their favorites at the event to serve at home.
The event will feature other superb food and wine including: Rancho
Gordo’s outstanding new world heirloom beans; Mrs. A's Famous Salsa
Buena both hot and medium salsas, and margarita tasting. Reynoso
Vineyards will provide wine tasting and information on pairing wines
with tamales.
Throughout the afternoon margarita gladiators will battle for top honors
in Margaritas Rock! a margarita making challenge with prizes for the
winners in Classic Margarita and Tequila Cocktail categories.
The Event Raffle provides opportunities to win JetBlue Airways roundtrip
travel for two; Partida Tequila’s Elegante Añejo Tequila; and a Whole
Foods Mexican Food Basket. Door prizes will include a cooking
class at Ramekins Culinary School in Sonoma Valley, Culinary Institute
of America Master Collection cookware and much more.
Marta Mora and Marie Contreras of Benchmark Institute are coordinating
the event. The two have spent time sampling the Bay Area's best
tamales over the past year, and coaxing vendors to show off their best
work. "We even invited a dozen friends over to help us with tamale
tasting. It was fun and we learned a lot. We want the people
who come to this event to have that same kind of experience." said
Contreras.
Benchmark Institute, founded in 1989, is the only separately
incorporated entity in the United States whose mission focuses solely on
training advocates and developing the capacity of public interest legal
organizations to serve low-income people with competence, caring, and
commitment. Benchmark Institute develops and delivers training to
poverty lawyers, paralegals, and other nonprofit service providers whose
work requires legal knowledge.
More than 38 million Americans live in poverty. More than one in
five children is growing up poor. Benchmark graduates use the
knowledge and skills that they learn through Benchmark to address the
problems of the poor and to build strong communities. They help
increase affordable housing; protect against homelessness; create access
to health care, child care, food and income support programs; protect
consumers from rip-offs, particularly vulnerable elders, immigrants and
people with limited English language skills; address violence, neglect
and abuse in families create jobs and prevent unemployment; integrate
immigrants, people of color and people with disabilities into the work
force and society at large; and enable students to get quality education
All are welcome to this third annual celebration of the tamale and
benefit for Benchmark Institute.
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