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Holy Mole! Annual Cooking Contest and Food Festival Returns to Southwest Detroit

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November 16, 2023
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After a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, Southwest Detroit’s beloved annual Holy Mole cooking contest and food festival returns on Sunday November 19 from 1-5 pm at the Lithuanian Hall at 3564 W. Vernor. In Southwest Detroit. Admission is free.

Mariana Valdes (center) from Oaxaca has won three out of four years at Holy Mole! mole contest. Photo by Elisa Limon.
Mariana Valdes (center) from Oaxaca has won three out of four years at Holy Mole! mole contest. Photo by Elisa Limon.

In the fall of 2016, sisters Martina and Christina Guzmán co-founded the contest so that Mexican women from the community could compete to see who makes the best mole, Mexico’s national dish. Since then, Holy Mole! has blossomed to an anticipated community food festival that attracts up to 700 people from the southwest Detroit community and beyond.

“Holy Mole! was designed to encourage women from the southwest Detroit community to become entrepreneurs – and to build community by bringing Latinos together in our favorite way: celebrating Mexican culture through food,” said Christina Guzman. “Mole is the hallmark of Mexican cooking. It’s the culinary symbol of Mexico’s mixed indigenous and European heritage.”

At the festival, eventgoers will learn about Mexico’s famous mole-making regions and what it takes to make mole sauce, a task that many deem an artistic ritual and can take a family, or several women, days to complete.

At Holy Mole!, vendors, mostly women, set up vendor tables and sell jars of homemade mole, salsa, homemade bread, pastries, handmade tortillas, and tamales. The contest culminates the day. It’s a festive, celebratory, and a cottage food fair for immigrant women and all in the area.

Mole means “sauce” and there are roughly 300 types of moles throughout Mexico. Some Mole takes an average of 26 different spices – sometimes more – to create. Mole can be smokey, sweet and spicy.

The event has grown into a food lover’s destination to seek to buy homemade mole and get to know the people and culture of Southwest Detroit, all while supporting the women and the home-grown economy.

Participants have turned their craft into a business. One example is Mole contestant Jessica Gomez, a former domestic worker who cleaned houses for a living and is now a full-time caterer specializing in Oaxacan food.

Sponsors are Jesse and Yesenia Venegas from the Venegas Group, MiSide (Formerly Southwest Solutions) and Candela, (the new name for the Lithuanian Hall where the event is being held.)

¡Holy Mole! El concurso anual de cocina y el festival gastronómico regresan al suroeste de Detroit

Después de una pausa de tres años por el Covid-19, el esperado concurso de cocina y festival gastronómico anual Holy Mole del suroeste de Detroit regresa el domingo 19 de noviembre de 1 a 5 p. m. en el Salón Lituano en 3564 W. Vernor en el suroeste de Detroit, la entrada es Gratis.

Mariana Valdes (center) from Oaxaca has won three out of four years at Holy Mole! mole contest. Photo by Elisa Limon.
Mariana Valdes (center) from Oaxaca has won three out of four years at Holy Mole! mole contest. Photo by Elisa Limon.

En el otoño de 2016, las hermanas Martina y Christina Guzmán cofundaron el concurso para que las mujeres mexicanas de la comunidad pudieran competir para ver quién hace el mejor mole, el plato nacional de México. Desde entonces, ¡Holy Mole! se ha convertido en un festival gastronómico comunitario que ha logrado reunir hasta 700 personas de la comunidad del suroeste de Detroit y de otros lugares.

“¡Holy Mole! fue diseñado para alentar a las mujeres de la comunidad, a convertirse en empresarias y construir una red, uniendo a los latinos de nuestra forma preferida: celebrando la cultura mexicana a través de la comida”, dijo Christina Guzmán. “El mole es el sello distintivo de la cocina mexicana. Es el símbolo culinario de la herencia mixta indígena y europea de México”.

En el festival, los asistentes aprenderán sobre las famosas regiones productoras de mole en México y lo que se necesita para hacer salsa de mole, una tarea que muchos consideran un ritual artístico y que puede llevarle a una familia, o a varias mujeres, varios días completar.

¡En Holy Mole!, los vendedores, en su mayoría mujeres, instalan mesas y venden frascos de mole casero, salsa, pan casero, pasteles, tortillas hechas a mano y tamales. Con el concurso se culmina el día. Es una feria con celebración y de comida casera para las mujeres inmigrantes y para todos en el área.

Mole significa “salsa” y existen aproximadamente 300 tipos de moles en todo México. Algunos moles requieren un promedio de 26 especias diferentes (a veces más) para crearse. El mole puede ser ahumado, dulce y picante.

El evento se ha convertido en un destino para los amantes de la comida que buscan comprar mole casero y conocer a la gente y la cultura del suroeste de Detroit, al mismo tiempo que apoyan a las mujeres y la economía local.

Los participantes han convertido su oficio en un negocio. Un ejemplo es la concursante de Mole, Jessica Gómez, una ex empleada doméstica que se ganaba la vida limpiando casas y ahora es proveedora de catering de tiempo completo y se especializa en comida oaxaqueña.

Los patrocinadores son Jesse y Yesenia Venegas del Grupo Venegas, MiSide (antes Southwest Solutions) y Candela, (el nuevo nombre del Salón Lituano donde se lleva a cabo el evento).

Traducción por Carmen Elena Luna

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