 Well, Crosby Area restaurants were put to the test today as they participated in the fifth annual Taste of Cuyuna Lakes. Our AJ Feldman was there at the event, which also supports a worthy cause. Local restaurants, breweries and wineries showed off their stuff at the fifth annual Taste of Cuyuna Lakes, an event which benefits the Crosby Area Kinship Partners program. Kinship Partners is a community-based mentoring that would be matching adults with children, and we've been doing this for 31 years now. Taste of Cuyuna Lakes models itself after Taste of the Lakes, which Kinship Partners has been running in Brainerd for 30 years. Five years ago, we decided it would really be fun to do kind of a mini event similar to that here in the Cuyuna Lakes area. Taste of Cuyuna Lakes has its own personality, and it's a little more casual, it's a little bit smaller, and my personal opinion is it's a little bit more fun too, a little more relaxed. The event is a great way for local restaurants to show off their food to the community, while also supporting a great cause. It's just supports, the community supports the cause, and it's for a good thing. And Tony, the owner of the restaurant, has been doing this one, and then the Taste of the Lakes over in the Brainerd Lakes area. I think that's the inception of them since the start. When the chefs love to come, you know, we really hope that they're bringing their best. They're competing with each other, and because of that, we think that a lot of people that come to this event will frequent their restaurants. We're kind of new to the community. We've had just one year of full business, and we've really had a warm welcome to the community, and we're just going to keep on doing it. One other priority is keeping the money raised at the event right in the Keenah Lakes area. So this fundraiser, whatever we raise here will stay in this area, and that's really important to people that contribute. They like to see the money stay in this area. Reporting in Deerwood, A.J. Feldman, Lakeland News. The Brainerd area at Taste of the Lakes will be held on November 9th in Niswa. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.