The Mayor's Mouth, Again

I will be performing in another production of the Mayors Mouth at the end of the month. The Mayor's Mouth is a theatrical cooking show, based on the favorite recipes of the last six mayors of Chicago as report in the 1989 Chicago Celebrity Chefs cookbook, foreword by Mike Ditka.

The latest incarnation of the show is being co-produced by the Chicago Historical Society and Kendall College. We are performing in the new show kitchen in the brand-new Kendall campus at Chicago and Halsted. After the show, which will feature the recipes of Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, and Richard M Daley, there will be hors d'oeuvres inspired by the mayors' recipes and, pending the resolution of liquor license negotiations, wine.

The show is playing on three successive monday nights:
7:00 PM - Monday April 25
7:00 PM - Monday May 2
7:00 PM - Monday May 9
Kendall College is at 900 N. North Branch, near the corner of Chicago and Halsted.

Tickets are $25 each, $22 for CHS Members or Kendall College alumni, students, faculty or staff. For tickets, call 312-642-4600.

Hope to see you there,

Seth

Hi,

Mayor's Mouth is really derived from our wee food community, whether you call us chowhounds, chowists or LTH'ers, this baby was born by the wonderful serendipity our lives together allow. The stage was set on March 8th, 2003 in the early phases of the Westernathon:

Vital Information from March 11, 2003 wrote:At Jansen's a leprechaunish fellow appeared and asked, are you all chowhounds. We said yes, and he said follow me down Western, I have a treat for you. We said why not, but before we do, can we peak into this pizza parlor, Fox's? Just open, Fox's revolving pizza oven was already popping out Chicago thins. We ordered a half-cheese/half sausage to be cooked while we followed our new guide.

Marty, as he is also known, lead us to a combined pet store/grooming center/home brew supply house that proves the most trendiest place can eventually work their way to the outskirts of Chicago. Here, we met another Leprechaun, also known as Greg. Greg showed us his cellar, a back room so dank and mysterious it really could have been buried deep beneath a castle. We saw bubbling vats of proto-mead (that honey wine of Renaissance fairs), a very traditional wine press and other products in the making. Greg uncorked a couple of his efforts and bewitched us with his elixirs. He also gave us copies of a Chicago celebrity cookbook, circa 1985. We emerged into reality to get our pizza.

I'm a bit of a Seth groupie. I've seen Mayor's Mouth several times. The first time I brought my then-14 year old niece who came because I promised dinner at Edelweiss afterwards. Much to her surprise and my relief, she learned a bit of Chicago history and loved the good natured humor of this play.

I hope you will consider this play a part of the legacy of our chow community and make an effort to see it.

Seth Zurer and his show is in the Trib today!

Registration required.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/ ... eating-hed

Seth,

Let me add my congratulations to both you and Chloe!

Having seen The Mayor's Mouth I highly recommend the performance to one and all.



I have a feeling we'll soon be saying, Ah, yes, Seth Z, I knew him when.

Enjoy,
Gary

Thanks everybody! This is turning out to be a big-media week for me and Chloe between the press for Patriots and this stuff for Mayor's Mouth. Pretty exciting! Hope to see you at the shows.

Hi,

The review for
Patriots is available in the Chicago Tribune at least until Friday. Requires registration.

Regards,

If all goes as planned, Patriots will actually be featured on Chicago Tonight on WTTW tonight during Hedy Weiss's weekly theater roundup. .

There's a nice blurb about The Mayor's Mouth along with a fun photo in today's edition of Time Out Chicago.

Do they have their finger on the pulse of LTHForum or what??!!

Congrats to Seth and I hope to be in the audience soon, just need to think of a timely "medical emergency" that will allow me to leave work early on a Monday!