{"id":2815345,"date":"2011-09-27T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T17:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/?p=2815345"},"modified":"2012-04-20T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:11:18","slug":"crush-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2011\/09\/crush-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUSH Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yianni and I attended CRUSH Birmingham 2011 Wine and Food Classic<\/a> at The Townsend Hotel<\/a> benefiting Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan<\/a> on Saturday night September 24th. My friends from Identity Marketing & Public Relations<\/a>, Nikki Little and Brandon Chesnutt, along with their client, Jacki McIntosh from Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan were some of the folks behind-the-scenes at this fantastic event.\"\"The evening was star-studded with world renowned wine experts and culinary masters. It\u00a0 included 13 wine and food pairing stations that made for an extraordinary dining experience. We tasted halibut cheeks with bacon & caper braised leeks with chicken liver sauce\u00a0paired with white wine from Tuscany from Reserve in Grand Rapids .
\n\"\"We sampled sliced tenderloin with porcini rub drizzled with EVO & aged balsamic paired with red wine from Bordeaux from Capital Grille in Troy.\"\"Chefs of some of the best restaurants from all over the state of Michigan were Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro<\/em> and The Forest Grill<\/em> of Birmingham, Cuisine<\/em> of Detroit, <\/em>La B\u00e9casse<\/em><\/em> of Maple City, Toasted Oak Grill<\/em> of Novi, Zazios<\/em> of Birmingham and Kalamazoo, Reserve<\/em> of Grand Rapids, Capital Grille<\/em> of Troy and Trattoria Stella<\/em> of Traverse City, just to name a few.
\n\"\"We tasted house cured lonza with roasted artichoke, fennel & confit of tomato salad paired with champagne from Forest Grill.\"\"Master Sommeliers paired food with delicious wines from all over the world.
\n\"\"The evening also included a live auction with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan.
\n\"\"Yianni and I did our best to capture the evening with photos. Here is our slide show of the event. Thank you CRUSH Birmingham for a wonderful evening!
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