Eat Local Fish with Dirk and Slow Food Chicago - April 24

I think people should eat as much as their food as possible grown or produced locally. I think if you're not eating local now, April is a great time to start. And when you start eating local, you should very much include local fish in your repertoire. Of course, you don't need to be a locavore to fancy freshwater fish. You do have an outstanding chance to dig into local fish with an upcoming dinner at Dirk's. There's an added benefit that a portion of the dinner will go toward Slow Food Chicago's efforts to send farmer's to the 2012 Terra Madre confab in Italy.

Dirk and his wife Terry will convince you to eat local fish with a dinner of distinctive regional fare, including that invader, the Asian carp. The family-style dinner includes eight course that were caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways: smoked rainbow trout wraps, smoked whitefish spread, panko fried smelt, walleye sandwiches, Asian carp croquettes, plank-smoked lake trout, Tempura perch, and Dirk’s “Cook County” fish boil. To read more about the dinner and get tickets, go here or see below.


Taste of the Great Lakes - Local and Invasive Species Dinner
Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop
Chicago, IL

Tuesday April 24th
7:30pm
Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop (2070 N. Clybourn)

Cost is $65 per person, includes a donation to Slow Food Chicago for our Terra Madre effort to "Send a Farmer to Italy"

21+ BYOB