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LCC Event: Chocolate in Pilsen: Cuisine and Heritage

Name: LCC Event: Chocolate in Pilsen: Cuisine and Heritage
Start: 2014-12-13T11:00:00-06:00
End: 2014-12-13T12:30:00-06:00
Location: National Museum of Mexican Art

December 13, 2014 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST

Free

“Chocolate: Drink of Gods, Food of Mortals”

A series presented by the National Museum of Mexican Art in partnership with the UIC Latino Cultural Center and Department of Anthropology

Chocolate in Pilsen: Cuisine and Heritage

Join us for the last chocolate series event of 2014 at the National Museum of Mexican Art. La Catrina Café owner, Salvador Corona, will provide a lively cooking demonstration that highlights the use of chocolate in traditional Mexican cuisine. Salvador will feature his chocolate mole recipe, winner of the last Mole de Mayo competition in Pilsen.

Limited samples will be offered!

When: Saturday, December 13, 2014
Time: 11:00am to 12:30pm
Where: National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608

FREE admission

This event is co-sponsored by the Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC) and the UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos (CCSL), Great Cities Institute (GCI), Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS), Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services program (LARES), and Office of Public and Government Affairs.

For more information, please call (312) 738-1503 or visit us at nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org and latinocultural.uic.edu

If you require any accommodations please contact us at least one week before the event.