Taste Of Chicago 'To-Go' Goes Online With Cooking Lessons, Music

CHICAGO – A “reimagined” Taste of Chicago for coronavirus times — no tickets, no crowds, no long bathroom lines — kicked off Wednesday with a parade of food trucks destined to serve free meals to neighborhood first responders across the city.

Chicago’s culinary tradition’s 40th anniversary, rebranded as “Taste of Chicago To-Go,” is slated to offer foodies online cooking demonstrations from popular local chefs, including Carlos Gaytan of Tzuco, Maya-Camillle Broussard of Justice of the Pies and Darnell Reed of Luella’s Southern Kitchen, among others.

The stay-at-home Taste of Chicago will “include online dance lessons featuring Bollywood & Bhangra at 5:30 Wednesday. On Thursday, living-room revelers can experience the “Millennium Park at Home” music series online featuring the Chicago post-punk, Latin rock band, The Braided Janes, the Welsh-born, Chicago-based musician, and artist Jon Langford at 6 p.m. and live music from local bands The Braided Janes and the Welsh-born, Chicago-based musician and artist Jon Langford.

For more information visit TasteofChicago.us.