Get Your Tix for Green City's Chef BBQ
And some pretty pix from a visit to Angelic Organics Learning Center
Don’t Miss Green City Market’s 9/9 Chef BBQ
Green City Market had its usual look during its market day Saturday:
On the evening of Thursday, September 9, though, the market’s location near the south end of Lincoln Park will look more like this:
That’s because the Green City Chef BBQ (seen in July 2019 in the above photos) is back after COVID safety rules made it impossible to hold last year. This is one of Chicago’s most-anticipated food and beverage tasting events each year, so click the button below to learn more and buy your tickets.
Green City, in its latest newsletter, reported that there are more than 70 restaurants, breweries, bars, bakeries and more than will be participating in the Chef BBQ. As usual, the lineup is a mix of longtime favorites and some newcomers you’ll want to meet. The ambient atmosphere enables attendees to chat with some of the area’s (and nation’s) top chefs.
The event is also a virtuous indulgence, as it is the nonprofit market’s major annual fundraiser, with proceeds going toward the market’s operations and the matching funds it provides to shoppers who use Link food assistance benefits. Later this week, Local Food Forum will publish excerpts from our interview with Mandy Moody, Green City’s executive director, who explains how this great night out helps advance our local food community.
An Evening in the Country for Another Good Cause
I had the pleasure on Saturday to take a bus ride up to Angelic Organics Learning Center in Caledonia, Illinois (near Rockford) for their farm dinner fundraiser.
I have known Angelic Organics since my days working for FamilyFarmed, and have long admired their work teaching and providing resources for farmers in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Although was my first visit to the farm — scratch that off the bucket list — it certainly won’t be my last.
Local Food Forum will have an article later this week about the dinner and the work of Angelic Organics Learning Center. In the meantime here are a few pretty pictures from an evening in the country.