Here's a date to mark on your calendar: May 7.
It's the date for Swim Across the Sound's Wine-Tasting and Silent Auction at the Farmington Country Club. Among the restaurants invited: Ruth's Chris, Sauce, Toshi and Max's Oyster Bar.
All proceeds go to a local family who is battling cancer. Tickets are $75; $50 if you buy them in advance.
For more info, call Mitch McGrath (860.874.8998) or Kelli Cilbrith (203.526.3935).
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Taste Thrills
If you're lamenting the fact that you haven't made much progress in checking out Connecticut's fabulous restaurants—or even if you have no regrets—Flavors, the annual culinary gala sponsored by the American Liver Foundation/Connecticut Chapter, is a great way to acquaint yourself all at once with the Nutmeg State's endlessly creative cuisine (while being expertly pampered). Held this year on April 1 at Plantsville's Aqua Turf Club, the benefit's 25 participating chefs include Jeff Urban of Shelton's Il Palio, François de Mélogue of Ivoryton's Copper Beech Inn, Bobby Mundell of Canton's Simmer Restaurant & Lounge, Jason Collin of Hartford's Firebox, Peter Hamme of Guilford's The Stone House and the following New Haven stars: Jean Pierre Vuillermet (Union League Café), Manuel Romero (Ibiza), Arturo Franco Camacho (Bespoke and Sabor), Arturo Moreno (Tre Scalini), Gerry Iannaccone (Café Goodfellas).
Beginning at 6 p.m. with wine and passed hors d'oeuvres from all participating chefs, a silent auction of more than 100 items and live music by members of Connecticut's premier R&B band Eight to the Bar, the event then progresses to a five-course dinner—each chef will prepare a signature menu tableside for 12 guests. Table assignments are made by a random selection process early in the evening, so you don't know exactly where you'll be eating until it's time to sit down. Dinnertime diversions include a live auction (this year's plum picks: a cooking class for 10 with chef Prasad Chirnomula of Thali Restaurants; an afternoon picnic aboard "Mr. Hoopah," corporate yacht of East Haven's Bocca Restaurant; a golf outing at Pinehurst in North Carolina; a unique creation from Peter Indorf Jewelers in New Haven and a dream vacation to a "surprise" destination) and "Fund-a-Grant," in which guests collaborate in creating a research grant by committing to donations of $1,000, $500, $250 and $100. Al Terzi of WFSB-TV Channel 3 will preside over all as master of ceremonies.
At $200 per individual ticket, Flavors seems like a heady indulgence. But keep in mind that ALF is the country's leading nonprofit organization promoting liver health and disease prevention and providing education and advocacy for those affected by liver disease. Since its inception, the organization has raised more than $20,000,000 for liver research. We think that's a sound investment. For more information, call (203) 234-2022.
Beginning at 6 p.m. with wine and passed hors d'oeuvres from all participating chefs, a silent auction of more than 100 items and live music by members of Connecticut's premier R&B band Eight to the Bar, the event then progresses to a five-course dinner—each chef will prepare a signature menu tableside for 12 guests. Table assignments are made by a random selection process early in the evening, so you don't know exactly where you'll be eating until it's time to sit down. Dinnertime diversions include a live auction (this year's plum picks: a cooking class for 10 with chef Prasad Chirnomula of Thali Restaurants; an afternoon picnic aboard "Mr. Hoopah," corporate yacht of East Haven's Bocca Restaurant; a golf outing at Pinehurst in North Carolina; a unique creation from Peter Indorf Jewelers in New Haven and a dream vacation to a "surprise" destination) and "Fund-a-Grant," in which guests collaborate in creating a research grant by committing to donations of $1,000, $500, $250 and $100. Al Terzi of WFSB-TV Channel 3 will preside over all as master of ceremonies.
At $200 per individual ticket, Flavors seems like a heady indulgence. But keep in mind that ALF is the country's leading nonprofit organization promoting liver health and disease prevention and providing education and advocacy for those affected by liver disease. Since its inception, the organization has raised more than $20,000,000 for liver research. We think that's a sound investment. For more information, call (203) 234-2022.
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