Opening Reception: Great Lakes Mise en place

Celebrate the Midwest's incomparable bounty of fruit, produce, meat and fish with innovative dishes prepared by renowned chefs from around the Great Lakes region. Complemented by Michigan's acclaimed wines, beers, and spirits and you have home-grown goodness par excellence. This walk-around reception will feature original recipes from Chicago's Carlyn Berghoff, Chris Turano, along with Toronto's Ted Reader, and Michigan based Rick Halberg, Eric Villegas, Eric Patterson, Jennifer Blakeslee and Ralph Humes. Enjoy medal-winning wines from L Mawby, Black Star Farms, Left Foot Charley, Shady Lanes, Longview, Bowers Harbor Vineyards, Chateau Fontaine, Good Harbor Vineyards, Two Lads and many others.  Beer aficionados will take delight in styles offered from Jolly Pumpkin, Short's, and New Holland breweries.  Sponsored by Traverse: Northern Michigan's Magazine