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funny crowd pleasing act
where the audience
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with a great holiday show
you won't want to miss!

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A Las Vegas Sensation!
Always an Andiamo
sellout!

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And His Orchestra
6-COURSE $95

•Champagne Toast
'Part' Favors

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dh Celebrity Showroom

per

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11/2
2001

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cookie bash and the Master Chef dinner.

chanterelle and salsify ragout ...
Roman punch with lemon tea infu-
A SHAME THAT I
sion
with rum and brandy (by Karen
couldn't accept the invita-
Williams,
certified executive chef)
tion this year to again
Rocky Mountain shepherd's pie ...
attend the Master Chefs Dinner, Oct.
autumn baby salad with port wine
25, at the MotorCity Casino ... Seems
poached pear, warm walnut, almond
that I was destined to eat
and Maytag Blue cheesecake
cookies instead.
and walnut dressing ... Also a
The dinner I loved last year
Friandise by Tariq Hanna,
... prepared by those great cer-
executive pastry chef at
tified master chefs ... was an
MotorCity.
evening of eye-popping expe-
Each course included a
rience made in heaven.
specially
selected wine or
But being a judge for Camp
liqueur ... chosen by
Mak-A-Dream's Cookies-N-
Madeline Triffon, master
Dreams at Somerset, the same
sommelier of Unique
evening this year ... was cer-
DAN NY
Restaurant Corporation.
tainly very rewarding in its
RAS KIN
The Cookies-N-Dreams
own right ... Especially since
Local Co lumnist event was crowded as usual
all the proceeds went to send
... on the ground floor of
kids with cancer to camp.
Somerset
North ... with more chil-
What did I miss at the Master
dren,
it
seemed,
than ever before ... A
Chefs Dinner? ... Probably some of
double buggy that barely missed hit-
the most fantastic culinary creations
ting me had no children in it ...
that anyone could imagine.
Maybe the owner was filling it up
The preparations were by master
with
cookies.
chefs from around the country ... who

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ISA 'N DATA ...

come here to cook for this event ...
Michael Russell, Rudy Speckamp, Jim
Hanyzeski, Ed Janos, Peter
Mitchell ... and certified master
pastry chefs Gunther Heiland
and Chris Northmore.
Their seven-course
dinner, I was told
in extolling terms,
was ... foie gran
with pineapple,
apricot and
banana chutney ...
poached Chilean
sea bass with
grilled lobster
sausage on choux
croute, with a three-
caviar and chive butter
sauce ... duck breast with
mushrooms in buttermilk
pastry with braised
arugula and corn,

"Beware of ME?"
asks teacup poodle,
Mademoiselle Gigi
Raskin. "A dog's
life is really pretty
cushy" she says.

ce, it is a con-

with exclusive
q-k4
es among the authen-

esert Sands, 29222 Orchard

Farmington Hills, (248)

Middle-Eastern dining is

ed by Mike Salamey, former

Ichef at prominent mideast-

em eateries. Daily specials at lunch

and dinner. Full menu carryout with

catering available. Complete liquor

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical

Museum, 31005 Orchard Lake

DINING GI.ThDE

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