Almost every food culture that features some sort of dumpling. Tonight is the night we pay tribute to one of the greatest, the dynamic, the humble, The Pierogi.

Us, The Pierogi Princesses, invite you to join us as we honour and explore the possibilities of innovating this tried and tested staple. We will work together to generate a new flavor of Pierogi - inviting the classic combinations to be in conversation with something new - If you could have any kind of pierogi what would it be? Something sweet, something salty, some kind of fusion?

Over the course of two hours, we will talk dumpling (in many languages), we will make both new and classic flavors, we will learn the techniques of making that perfect pierogi shape, and end in a magnificent communal feast!

17:00 Flavor ballot
17:30 Communal pierogi preparation
18:30 Pierogi party

The event is fully booked.

The Pierogi Princesses (Bek Berger (AU/LV), Cote Jaña Zuñiga (Chile/DE) and Julia Asperska (PL)) unite for this special one-off event in celebration of their beloved Pierogi. Having collaborated in many different constellations this temporary collective have joined forces in projects such as GUXXI FABRIKA (Homo Novus Festival) and formed The Institute of Fundamental Importance. Individually they are artists, curators, dramaturg and producers and collectively they have worked in every continent on earth (except Antarctica). They share a love of community, cooking and eating which is at the core of this event.

Further information from the artists

The session will be mainly held in English though languages available in the team include Polish, English, German, Spanish, French, Russian and Auslan (Australian Sign Language) so we can always make adjustments to use these languages.

We have a trained audio describer in the team who is happy to experiment with describing the dumpling making process and festivities.

We will be making Pierogi during this session (you will use your hands) so please make sure you are ready to work (and eat). There will be vegan, vegetarian and traditional meat options.

We will make a small batch of gluten free pastry, but we cannot guarantee gluten free conditions.

Everybody is invited, Access is important to us - so if there is anything you need to be entirely yourself, please let us know in your booking email.

Note on accessibility from the work group Municipal Kitchens

Cooking and eating together is a shared language all of its own, so if you don’t feel confident with the spoken language(s) available at this event, please know you are still so welcome.  We have multiple ways of sharing and we look forward to greeting you. We want everyone to be able to access our events, if there are any barriers to you joining us that we haven’t already tackled, please get in touch and we will do our best to support you. This includes providing childcare at daytime events (we will need at least one week’s notice).

Contact: anmeldung@ngbk.de