Tasting Table Chicago 1/31/13 Weekend Menu
Friday, 2/1 6 p.m., Free Flask for It The new exhibit at Ravenswood's Lillstreet Gallery is a booze-centric one, titled "Neat: The Art of the Whiskey Vessel." Chicago distillery Koval will provide whiskey tastings at Friday's opening, after which festivities continue with whiskey flights at nearby Fountainhead. Lillstreet Gallery, 4401 N Ravenswood Ave.; 773-769-4226 or lillstreetgallery.com Friday, 2/1 6:30 p.m., $8 Got Your Goat Commemorate the five-year anniversary of Chicago's monthly staple, The Interview Show, at The Hideout. This month, host Mark Bazer chats with chef Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat and the new West Loop diner Little Goat. The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia St.; 773-227-4433 or theinterviewshowchicago.com Saturday, 2/2 3 p.m., $39 Fold Up Celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake with dumpling classes in Chinatown. You'll learn how to make traditional Chinese jiao-zi before feasting on dishes like whole fish in chile sauce, pumpkin-seafood soup and quadruple happiness pork meatball. Hing Kee Phohung, 2140 S. Archer Ave.; 312-808-9538 Sunday, 2/3 4:30 p.m., Free A Sweet Swap Do you prefer food to football? Then join the Chicago Food Swap for its February meeting--on Super Bowl Sunday--to exchange homemade or homegrown treats. Participants will barter their baked goods and trade salsa for spice mix at Logan Square's Katherine Anne Confections. Katherine Anne Confections, 2745 W. Armitage Ave.; 773-245-1630 or chicagofoodswap.com