America the Beautiful

B.R. Cohn Winery

B.R. Cohn Winery

Arlington Heights’ French restaurant, Le Titi de Paris, goes American this week, featuring the Sonoma wines of B.R. Cohn in an $85 American wine dinner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 22. Call for reservations.

No, former Doobie Brother Cohn won’t be on hand. My one-time Lerner Newspapers colleague, now Le Titi sommelier, James W. Crooker, will be choosing the wines, paired with Chef Michael Maddox’s menu.

Menu

Crispy bruschetta with pesto, boursin, vine-ripened tomatoes and Italian white truffle oil

Salmon and ahi tuna tartare with Oriental seaweed salad, avocado dilantro coulis, fying fish caviar, dill flat bread

Hickory-smoked, bacon-wrapped South American bass with wilted savoy cabbage and bell peppers, roasted shallot essence

Citrus sorbet

Slow-braised lamb osso bucco, green asparagus and morel ragout,
three-cheese polenta, natural jus

American artisan cheeses served with whole-wheat toast points

Stone-fruit tart with passion fruit and lavender chiboust