12.07.2009

the killing of a chinese cookie screening/cookoff at janm


For those of you in Los Angeles... Derek Shimoda's informative and entertaining documentary The Killing of a Chinese Cookie will be screening this Thursday, December 10 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Here are some of the evening's details:
THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE
Screening & Cook-Off

Please join us for a special one-night event! Come sample fortune cookie-inspired desserts from the best and brightest of LA-based culinary schools followed by a special free screening of the documentary "The Killing of a Chinese Cookie."

WHERE:
The Japanese American National Museum (www.janm.org)
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012

DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 10 @ 6:30pm

There will be a Q&A after the screening with writer/director Derek Shimoda.

Space is limited on a first-come, first-serve basis. For RSVP, please email:contact@thekillingofachinesecookie.com
(Please include "RSVP" in the subject line and name of attendees in the body of email)
The film is a fun, fascinating look at the very non-Chinese origins of the fortune cookie -- a truly American pop culture phenomenon, as it turns out. Best of all, the event is free! For more information, go to the JANM website here. For more information about The Killing of a Chinese Cookie, go to the film's website here.

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