rume awl re ass aweans END OF SUMMER SPECIAL i SAVE 15%# 151 I (1 Bill won 11 gold medals in culinary competitions with chefs from all regions of the country. IMAGINE 5,000 BAL- LOONS taking off from Trap- pers Alley in Greektown, Aug. 16, 4 p.m . . . Now imagine 616,000 men, women and chil- dren in the metro Detroit area who suffer from arthritis. Connection is that the Ar- thritis Foundation, Metro De- troit branch, and Twin Pines Farm Dairy will combine forces for "Up, Up And Away With Arthritis" . . . Each bal- loon will represent more than 120 people of all ages in the tri-county area who have this crippling disease. Activities will take place all day at Trappers Alley . . . Be- ginning at 10 a.m., KISS FM djs will conduct a dance marathon until midnight .. . Dancers going 14 hours will win a Delta Airlines trip to the Bahamas . . . with other gifts for rest of marathoners .. . Family fun events are planned for the launch day . . . includ- ing clowns, magic shows, etc. Physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals and volunteers will be at an Arthritis Foundation booth daily from tomorrow through Aug. 16. IF IT'S A FAMOUS MICHIGAN agricultural product, chances are the item is among those on the special "M-M-M-Michigan" menu fea- tured in Chuck Muer's Char- ley's, Diggers and Meriwether's restaurants until Aug. 28. Chuck Muer has teamed up with the Michigan Depart- ment of Agriculture to spot- light noted Michigan products at the prime time of the year when most of them are har- vested. We're a product of Michigan ourselves," says Chuck, who started his 31-restaurant organization here at Hotel Pontchartrain in 1964. "We owe a lot to the plenti- ful, fresh supply of fish, pro- duce, dairy products and meats that Michigan provides for us, so we're happy to honor these things with a special menu and promotion." Chuck's dinnerhouse kitchen expert, Craig Com- mon, created novel recipes for products of which Michigan is the nation's number one supplier . . . like tart cherries, blueberries, dry and navy beans and cucumbers for pick- les. Common has worked some intriguing recipes with Michi- gan's famous fishes . . . like the pan-fried walleye (pic- kerel), lightly breaded and sauteed in Michigan black walnut butter made right in the skillet. Other Michigan fish fea- tured include . . . Lake Superior white fish and lake trout, Lake Michigan perch rainbow trout and lake smelt. Duck is being served for the first time in Chuck Muer's dinnerhouse restaurants of- fered as stir-fry duckling. Famous Michigan products like Sander's hot fudge, Wes- ley's ice cream, Vernor's ginger ale and. Grunwald's double-thick chocolate fudge are in the dessert section of the M-M-M-Michigan menu . . . plus five Michigan wines . chardonnay and Johannis- burg Riesling from Grand Traverse vineyards, vidal blanc from Fenn Valley, Vil- lage Blush from St. Julian, and vidal blanc demi sec from Tabor Hill. FISH HAS BEEN PLEASING to the human pa- late throughout man's exist- ence . . . and there is no end to the imaginative variety possi- ble in cooking of fish. Through August, Crystal Swan fine dining room at Novi Hilton, 1-275 and Haggerty .. . and hotel's Executive Chef Shaiq Husain are presenting a unique selection of fresh fish on their dinner menu. If you never heard of many, don't feel bad . . . neither have others . . . The unusual fish served include . . . Rouget, barracuda, langostine, spear- vish, black grouper, mako shark and turbot. Tropical and subtropical fish as well as freshwater and salt water fish are being fea- tured . . . and coming from all parts of the country, including Florida, California and Hawaii . . . to be broiled, baked or sauteed. Some of the red fish is pre- pared Cajun style . . . and the Hawaiian fish like wahoo, ahi and uku are garnished with a macadamia or teriyaki sauce for flavorful enhancement. TAKEOUT IS RAPIDLY becoming the "in" style of din- ing, says Charles Bernstein in Nation's Restaurant News .. . "While operators are plotting new and different forms of up- grading or upscaling within current seating arrangements and are even adding seats where possible, a frenzy of takeout and home delivery ac- tivity is under way. "This is almost certainly the fastest growing segment of the industry. Within another de- cade, it's likely that one-fourth of all meals eaten at home will be bought somewhere fully prepared. If the food service industry doesn't fully seize that opportunity, then cer- tainly supermarkets will cash in on it, as is already happen- ing. "It's clear that people in two-income families — rapidly becomig the majority — feel less and less like cooking as more options become available and as the increased incomes support freer lifestyles. A minority still love to cook, but most are no longer inclined to accept 'slavery in the kitchen.' " Furthermore, he says, with the hugh growth of video cas- settes, home entertainment is booming . . . "More people will be inclined to stay home on Saturday evening (and most other evenings, too) for com- fortable entertainment. In so doing they will likely combine that with a takeout or home- delivered meal rather than bothering to go out to a res- taurant." Bernstein infers that maybe it could be the pizza syndrome, but more people are ordering in than ever before — and that applies to offices as well as to homes. "People in every age group are ordering chicken, Chinese food, 'healthy' lighter foods — just about anything — from the nearest convenient place that they can. A unique example of that is an operation he tells about run by a young man near the Uni- versity of Wisconsin . . . His company takes phone orders daily from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. for McDonald's and nine other area restaurants . . . with his phone never stopping from ringing . . . and his drivers and vans never stopping in their delivery rush to students and townspeople. "But perhaps the most dramatic development in the takeout sphere," says Berns- tein, is that of fine-dining operators with their takeout offshoots of existing full- service restaurants. Il Nido did it in New York with an II Nido Cafe takeout around the corner. The qualified Giraffe in New York, Mr. B's in New Orleans and Creative Gour- met in Boston are doing it, too, in response to massive de- mands from office workers. "Those gourmet delivery and takeout services are de- signed for the business person who wants more than a deli sandwich but less than a full sit-down luncheon. Yet the trend is hitting every food- service segment from delis and coffee shops on up to elegant restaurants. "Opportunity knocks now in all the takeout-home delivery markets where far more of the potential can be tapped," says Bernstein. Grant, Bergman Are 'Indiscreet' Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman star in Indiscreet (1958), a comedy about the on-again off-again romance between a handsome and wealthy American diplomat and a ravishing European ac- tress, at 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Southfield Public Library. Admission is free. Oak Park Summer Concerts Continue "Celebration" will perform in Oak Park's "Music In The Park" concert series, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Shepherd Park. The concert is free. I On Baked Fish, Fowl and Roast Beef Naturally. Present this coupon to our cashier. Save 15% on your entire meal. 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