Take a Journey Through Your Mother's Kitchen at Ember's

BOCA PARK — Ember's is serving up A Journey Through Your Mother's Kitchen on Monday Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m. for $50 per person. Chef Aaron Robert Klafter Phillips is serving a breakfast Pop Tart with roasted fennel, fig jam, goat cheese crème, pomegranate reduction and micro greens with a rosemary, Tang and Willette Single Barrel Rye cocktail. The lunch portion of the menu includes Spaghettios made with steamed clams, orecchiette pasta, spicy shellfish tomato broth and a grilled baguette with Martinelli's apple juice infused with Hangar One Chipotle Vodka and fennel. A Lunchable snack features a charcuterie plate with Spanish chorizo, speck, prosciutto, pancetta, mixed artisanal cheeses, quince paste, honey comb and black pepper crackers with a kiwi Capri Sun made with Gosling's Dark Rum, lime zest and Fever Tree ginger beer. The dinner course features a veal meatloaf with homemade tater tots, crispy green beans and a bordelaise sauce. For dessert, peanut butter and jelly ice cream cookie, Rice Crispy treat with Nutella glaze and a Frangelico, Stoli Vanil, Angstura Bitters and Ovaltine cocktail. [EaterWire]

FASHION SHOW — The Capital Grille has brought back it's Generous Pour wine event through Sept. 1. For $25 with the purchase of an entree, guests can enjoy seven separate world-class wine varietals including Matanzas Creek Sauvignon Blanc, La Crema Pinot Gris, Freemark Abby Chardonnary, Hartford Court Pinot Noir, Kendall-Jackson Highland Estates Taylor Peak Merlot, Atalon Cabernet and Arrowood Saralee's Vineyard Syrah. [EaterWire]

MGM GRAND — Emeril's New Orleans Fish House chef de cuisine Heath Cicerelli and winemaker Scott Shirley of Justin Vineyards & Winery of Paso Robles, Calif., collaborate at the restaurant on Friday night to curate an exclusive, interactive dinner, combining chef Emeril Lagasse's original recipes with hand-selected wines from the Justin Vineyards cellar. The five-course wine and dine experience is $135 per person plus tax and gratuity with wine pairings included. For reservations, call 702-891-7374. [EaterWire]
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