Chef Greg Upshur hosts his fourth annual Fat Tuesday celebration at Too Chez in Novi on Tuesday with a kitchen buffet of traditional Polish foods, including pierogi, potato pancakes, smoked and fresh kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, braised duck with prunes, bigos stew and more.
Desserts are rum-soaked babka, angel wings, strudel and paczki.
Eight wines and hors d'oeuvres will be available. The first is March 7 at No. Selected Ruffino wines from Tuscany will be paired with a five-course dinner of authentic Italian cuisine at Ristorante Cafe Cortina in Farmington Hills at 7 p.m. on Thursday, cosponsored by Merchant of Vino. On Fat Tuesday, there'll be decorations, colored lights, costumes and beads.