Real Men Cook is the annual lunchtime all-you-can-eat grazing gala that serves as the major fundraiser for the Cleveland social service organization Women's Alliance for Recovery Services. Real Men Cook takes place this Fri 5/8, from 11:30AM to 2PM. at the new Doubletree Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn Lakeside) at Lakeside Avenue and East 21st Street. For $15 dollars ($14 in advance), you can sample entrees, side dishes, salads and desserts prepared and served by nearly 100 "chefs"- Cleveland-area men from all walks of life, including the media, medicine, education, the arts, business and government.

The Women's Alliance for Recovery Services' mission is "to help women with limited socio-economic resources find appropriate treatment for their alcohol and/or other drug abuse; to educate substance-abusing women and their significant others about a healthier way of dealing with life's difficulties; and to advocate for women and women's issues related to substance abuse, by increasing the understanding of trauma, and by reducing barriers to access treatment such as stigma." Watch the video as Cool Cleveland correspondent David Budin talks to Women’s Alliance's director, Sylvia Pacifico, about the organization and Real Men Cook. http://www.WomensAllianceRecovery.org

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