Taste what you see on the screen.

Fish Fry Friday

Friday Night, November 16, 2012

At Kendall College

Doors open at 6:30 pm

An authentic Milwaukee Fish Fry plus perogies, pickles and more!

Plus a special VIP Pre-party Presented by City Fresh Market
Featuring Old World European artisan food & wine

Hosted By and Benefiting The Good Food Project

Tickets: $55 / VIP $75

Early event details below.  More information to be added.

The Films

  • Fish Fry Night Milwaukee Dir. Ron Faiola, Chicago Premiere
    A film about the history and tradition of the Friday Night Fish Fry and the people who create them.
  • Mama Sugar’s Sweet Potato Cobbler Dir Keeley Steenson, 4:05 min, Chicago Premiere.  Mama Sugar, matriarch of the Sugar Shack Trailblazers and country cooking extraordinaire, shares a lost recipe from her youth in East Texas – sweet potato cobbler.
  • Mickle’s Pickle Dir Nathan Willis, 9 min, Chicago Premiere
    Mickle’s Pickle tells the story of a small town pickle shop, its eccentric owner, and the theft of the store’s beloved icon.
  • Perogy! Dir Tammy Marlowe Johnson, 19 min, US Premiere
    Pierogi, Pirohy, Varenyky. Perogy. Whatever you call it … everybody knows ‘em, everybody loves ‘em. These squeezable, delightfully eatable potato-pinched pockets of starchy goodness have transcended their humble Ukrainian beginnings to achieve rock star status among cultural foodstuffs.

The Foods


Watch the trailer for Perogy!

Festival Director George Motz * Executive Producer Seth Unger * Festival Mixologist Allen Katz

 

This event will take place at:
Kendall College
900 N North Branch St.
Chicago, IL 60622
Note: Details are subject to change without notice.

 

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