The Best Hidden Secret

This week's menu of affordable dinner options in the award-winning Brasserie Grille comes to us from Chef Gary Callahan.

The menu will be available through Monday, November 16th and costs just $30.00 per person.

Starter: Striped Spinach and Cheese Ravioli with a Crab Bolognese Sauce

Entrees (choice of): Grilled Swordfish Steak with Sweet Mustard Glaze and Pineapple Salsa over Spanish Rice

or

8oz Grilled N.Y. Strip Steak over Roasted Fingerling Potatoes finished with Brandy Peppercorn Cream and Oyster Mushrooms

Finale (choice of): Apple Streusel Cake or Lemon-Raspberry Torte

And don’t forget Wine Wednesday’s, when all bottles of wine are Half-Price with the purchase of an Entree when dining in the Brasserie Grille!

2009 Annual Artisans Show

Visit the Center for the Creative Arts this weekend for their annual Artisans Show.

Craft Show Hours: Saturday & Sunday, November 14th & 15th from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Events include: Tours of the "Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights", worlds largest collection of operating steam cars, located nearby; shuttle provided. Open both days 12-3 pm

Tickets:
$6.00 Artisans' Show Admission Sat & Sun (under age 10 free)
$11.00 Combination Artisans' Show & Steam Museum

Go to www.ccarts.org for directions and additional details.

AbbaMania

Did you enjoy the Abba-themed fireworks and fountains festival this past summer at Longwood Gardens? Then this event is perfect for you!

Nearly three decades since Abba toured, ABBA MANIA takes you back in time by recreating one of the world's finest pop groups in a live stage performance. Delighting audiences since its formation in 1999, Abba Mania celebrates the music and style of Abba with uplifting, dance inducing hits including “Mamma Mia,” “Voulez Vous,” “Dancing Queen,” “Fernando” and many more.

The event takes place at the Grand Opera House in downtown Wilmington on Tuesday, November 10th. Tickets range in price from $28-35. Visit www.grandopera.org for details on this and other upcoming shows.

Brandywine River Museum

This restored 19th-century gristmill houses an internationally known collection of works by three generations of Wyeths, American illustraion, still life and landscape paintings.

Current exhibits include:

* Jamie Wyeth-Seven Deadly Sins on view through November 22nd

* Intrepid and Inventive: Illustrations by Rockwell Kent on view through November 19th

And don't forget A Brandywine Christmas with model railroad displays, creature trees and more. This popular holiday exhibit begins November 27th.

The museum, open daily from 9:30am-4:30pm, is located in the heart of the Brandywine Valley.

Visit www.brandywinemuseum.org

Turkey Tastings

Saturdays, November 7th, 14th and 21st
2:00 pm & 4:00pm

Join the Wine Educators at the Chaddsford Winery as they talk turkey – and find out which wines pair best with the foods you plan to serve for Thanksgiving Dinner.

During these “family-style” sit-down wine and food pairing sessions in the Chaddsford Tasting Room, you’ll have the chance to taste samples of turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, along with light and full-bodied dry white and red wines, plus sweeter fruitier dessert style wines.

The goal? To see what works, what doesn’t work, and what pairings you like best!

$20/person, advance reservation are required, call 610-388-6221.

www.chaddsford.com