Global Food Festival: Cuban

Gracie's and Artesano will serve Cuban food for International Education Week's Global Food Festival on Wednesday, October 14.

Visit each location for these specials, only available while supplies last.

Gracie's - Dinner and dessert
Entrées - each served with rice and beans

• Ropa Vieja - braised flank steak in white wine tomato sauce with roasted red peppers, onions, and olives
• Vegan Oyster Ropa Vieja - braised oyster mushrooms with white wine, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, roasted peppers, and onions
• Cuban Mojo Roasted Chicken - marinated roasted chicken topped with pineapple avocado tomato salsa
• Cuban Style Shrimp Creole - deliciously saucy and fragrant Cuban style shrimp served over rice
• Cubano - sandwich with roasted pork, ham, swiss cheese, pickles, Dijon mustard, and mayo
• Beef Empanadas - hand pies filled with ground beef, green olives, potatoes, and chimichurri sauce
• Vegetarian Empanadas - hand pies filled with corn, black beans, spinach, and avocado

Desserts
Merenguitos in a variety of flavors - Meringue Cookies
Coquitos - a version of a Cuban Coconut Dessert
Rum Crema Tarta de Platano - Banana Rum Custard Tart
Pastel de Mango - Mango Cake

Artesano - All day
Turrone de Coco $ 2.25 - buttery, shortbread-like sugar cookies
Gluten free, contains coconut

Chef Anecdote:
Chef Daniel Morales grew up in a Spanish home with Latin cuisine, so choosing to create a Cuban menu is authentic to his upbringing and right up his alley. He choose this menu because he felt students would love the varity of this authentic menu. Some dishes and certain tastes bring him back to being a child, spending hours in the kitchen with Grandma in order to put smiles on her family's faces.

History Lessons: 
Learn the origins of the Cuban sandwich: https://www.elmesondepepe.com/ultimate-cuban-sandwich/
Learn the history of Ropa Vieja: https://www.revoluciondecuba.com/blog/the-ropa-vieja-story/