THE BEST OF EVERY HING
Stars Shine
Local chefs pitch in for annual Dinner with the Masters event.
T
he amazing talents of at least 30
top local chefs will be the stars
again at the always wonderful
"Dining with the Masters" event that sells
out every year ... One of the chefs, Matt
Shellig, does something like the "Masters"
alone in front of many folks at Zazios
in Birmingham and chefs like Jeremy
Grandon of Jeremy, Keego Harbor, are
regulars at the annual portable-stove pre-
sentations with goodies for charity.
So many local culinary greats at one
shindig where tickets go faster than a
wink with much good reason ... It's a one-
of-a-kind shindig with each table having
12 guests and their own private chef, who
the attendees don't know until meal time,
preparing dinner from the gastronomic
artists' menu creations ... And the chefs
themselves even pass out their personal
hors-d'oeuvres handiwork before the
sumptuous dinners.
The date is Monday, June 6, at The
Henry, former Ritz-Carlton Dearborn,
with proceeds to the Henry Ford Hospitals'
Transport Institute ... Call Louise Rallis,
(313)874-6138 or email LRallisl@hfhs.
org for more info or tickets before you get
the "Sorry, no more" comeback ... Chair gal
again is Suzanne Gilson.
IT'S HARD TO believe without see-
ing the long lines at breakfast times,
especially on Saturday and Sunday, that
don't mind waiting for tables to empty at
Club Bart restaurant and entertainment
venue, Woodward, just south of Nine Mile,
Ferndale ... Just a couple of doors south of
where Charlie and Frank Pappas had their
popular Rialto Café for years ... And folks
surely won't find too many places where
gracious substitutions like
oatmeal can be gotten instead
of hashed brown potatoes
if desired ... The huge list of
breakfast features is very inter-
esting, from cherry almond
pancakes to breakfast enchi-
lada to breakfast sandwich on
challah to eggs Florentine on
English muffins to cinnamon
French toast drizzled with
caramel to about 20 interesting
omelet varieties plus almost
any other way folks want them.
If it is your first time there, tell the
server and you'll be brought a large, deli-
cious, premises-made cinnamon roll sit-
ting atop a pool of caramel at no charge ...
Seating is just for around 60, with another
10 for eating and drinking at a bar counter
... Go early on Sundays especially, unless
you like standing and drooling while oth-
ers at tables have lip-smacking good times
munching away.
DANDY DINING DEAL ... 8-ounce
broiled tilapia, with soup or salad and
choice of mashed potatoes or wild rice,
$6.95, March 24-31 ... Village Palace,
Orchard Lake Road near Pontiac Trail.
READER MINI REVIEW ... "We cel-
ebrated Mark Rubinstein's 60th birthday
at Detroit Seafood Market. Mark's wife
Arlene, Ken Korotkin, Betty Singer and my
wife, Doreen. Our waiter, Frank Fraley, was
very attentive and told us the delicious-
sounding specials. Mark was impressed
that the olives in his martini were hand-
stuffed with bleu cheese.
"We ordered the chef's signature lobster
mac 'n' cheese as an appetizer, which was
elderly people, who ought to know better,
delightful. Our second course
are dressing down to the lowest standard.
was a large Caesar-style salad
I think that women are still trying to dress
served crispy and cold with a
more civilized." ... Bernard Gross
slight hint of anchovy.
REMEMBER DEPT.... "When movie
"For our main courses,
star Anthony Quinn was making Guns of
Mark ordered broiled Atlantic
Navarone with Gregory Peck and saw a
swordfish, Arlene had char-
grilled sea bass, Ken and Betty movie with George Raft wearing a white
overcoat. He came to the store in Athens
split fried lobster tails and
where I was the clothing designer and had
Chilean sea bass, Doreen had
me make one for him just like he described.
seared salmon broiled in a
"I came to America in 1967 and was
brown sugar glaze, and Chef
working at Kosins Clothes when Mr.
Leonardo Vulagi prepared for
me a cioppino-style seafood dish which he Quinn, in Detroit appearing I think at the
Masonic Temple, came to have me make a
said was a preparation enjoyed the most
few suits for him like I made for his friend
in his native northern Italian town.
Gregory Peck, with a belt in the back. Mr.
"Everything was absolutely wonderful,
Quinn was still wearing the same white
and we were all stuffed but had to try the
coat I had made for him
incredible warmed apple
back in 1961." ... Dino "The
strudel with a dollop of
Tailor"Mitropoulos ... [Dino
ice cream and strawberry.
today has his own shop on
Everyone left the Detroit
Adams in Birmingham as
Seafood Market in Detroit's
tailor to the stars.]
Paradise Valley full and
CONGRATS ... To
highly satisfied." ... Jerry
Michael Lazar on his birth-
Silecchia
day ... To Gail Silverman
MAIL DEPT. ..."I am
Cohen on her birthday ...
concerned about the huge
Anthony Quinn in Guns of
To
Giorianne Pearlman on
decline in the dress of men
Navarone
her
birthday ... To Muriel
going out socially in the
"Murt"
Sherbow on her
community. It seems that
86th
birthday
...
To
Fred
Garfinkel on his
when they go to a restaurant, a bar or any
birthday
...
To
Bob
and
Shirley
Benyas
social event, they somehow feel it's appro-
on
their
60th
anniversary
...
To
Robert
priate to dress down for the occasion. Even
Feldman
on
his
85th
birthday
...
To David
if they go to an upscale restaurant, social
and
Ilene
Rogovein
on
their
20th
anniver-
event or a shivah call, they feel it's OK to
sary.
dress like they are going to the supermar-
ket or walking the dog.
"It's sort of as though the worst-dressed Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
people are setting the standard. Even the
Seated Wine & Tapas Event
MONDAY-FRIDAY 3-7 P.M.
$5 SIGNATURE MARTINIS
$5 SIGNATURE WINES
$5 SIGNATURE APPETIZERS
BAR ONLY
EXPLORING THE WINES & CHEESE
OF ITALY; VIA GLASS & PLATE
- THURSDAY, APRIL 14 7-9PM
$
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For reservations call 248-865-9300
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP
6676 TELEGRAPH RD
BLOOMFIELD TWP., MI
248-865-9300
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP
March 24 - 2011
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