Soul Food Fest at Trine

ANGOLA, Ind. – Trine University's Soul Food Fest features an assortment of soul foods and a smooth blend of music by a local musician. The event is part of Black History Week, Feb. 18-22.

The fest is set from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Trine's Whitney Commons in the Rick L. and Vicki L. James University Center.

Among the items on the menu are Tennessee fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits and country gravy, fried catfish, slow-smoked Memphis brisket with assorted sauces, fried okra, corn bread and honey butter, and a smattering of veggies and appropriate sides. With all that on the menu, guests might struggle to save room for dessert of pecan pie, banana pudding, peach cobbler, red velvet cake and white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. Bon Appetit Management Co. will prepare the meal. The full menu is listed below.

During dinner, Chris Worth will offer a blend of smooth R & B, snazzy jazz, rhythmic hip hop and more.

Cost is $10.80 for adults, $5.40 for children ages 6 to 12 and $8.50 for Trine faculty and staff; tax is added to all dinner charges.

Soul Food Fest menu

Tennessee fried chicken

Whipped potatoes

Buttermilk biscuits and country gravy

Steam green beans

Grilled chicken breast

Fried catfish

Seasoned curly fries

Macaroni and cheese

Corn on the cob

Chicken and waffles

Corn bread and honey butter

Slow-smoked Memphis brisket with assorted sauces

Fried okra with remoulade sauce

Spaghetti with meat sauce

Whipped sweet potatoes

Deep South gumbo

Barbecued chicken pizza

Pecan pie

Banana pudding

Peach cobbler

Red velvet cake

White chocolate macadamia nut cookies