EVENTS
Bootleggers’ Christmas
SA |Cheshire Cat Brewpub celebrates Christmas, Roaring 20s-style, 6 p.m. Costumes encouraged, reservations required |$35 |7803 Ralston Road, 303-431-9000 |ARVADA
Restaurant Kelly Liken
SA|Hosts an olive-oil tasting, noon-2 p.m. Reservations required |$15|12 Vail Road, Suite 100, 970-479-0175
Savory Inn and Cooking School
SA|French wines and cuisine wine dinner and demonstration, 6-8:30 p.m.|$85 |2405 Elliott Road, 970-476-1304, sa voryinn.com |VAIL
Sousfresh and The Traveling Vineyard
SA|Presents a free holiday food and wine tasting, 3-5 p.m.|5616 Gibraltar Way, 303-766-9019 |CENTENNIAL
Wine dinner
M|Fresca Food and Wine hosts a dinner featuring wines from Umbria|1738 Pearl St., 303-442-6966 |BOULDER
“Holiday in the Rockies”
-DEC. 30|Pinnacle Club Restaurant offers a six-course holiday menu |$40|Grand Hyatt Denver, 555 17th St., 303-295-5728
BENEFITS
Sports equipment drive
-DEC. 16|Customers can drop off new or gently used sporting equipment at participating Jamba Juice stores for donation to a local Boys & Girls Club |various locations
Check Out Hunger
-DEC. 31|Shoppers are invited to donate to Food Bank of the Rockies’ Children Nutrition Network at Vitamin Cottage |various locations
CLASSES
City of Aurora
|Christmas in New Orleans, 6:30-9:30 p.m.|$37 residents, $48 nonresidents |Expo Recreation Center, 10955 E. Exposition Ave., 303-326-8630, auroragov.org/rec
reation|AURORA
Cake Crafts
SA |Learn the art of truffle-making and taste samples, 1-4 p.m. |$25|4105 S. Broadway, 303-761-1522, cakecrafts.net|ENGLEWOOD
Cook Street School
SA-SU|Holiday gingerbread houses class for ages 8-13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.| $79 |1937 Market St., 303-308-9300, cook street.com
Culinary School of the Rockies
SA-SU|Breakfast Pastries workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.|$165|637 S. Broadway, Suite H, 303-494-7988,
culinaryschoolrockies.com|BOULDER
The Heirloom Tomato
SA|Holiday cookies class, 6-8:30 p.m.|$55 |6001 Wolff St., 720-936-2830, theheirloomtomato.com |ARVADA
Mise en Place Cooking School
SA|Holiday baking class features cookies, 1-4 p.m.|$75|1801 Wynkoop St., Suite 175, 303-333-2378, miseenplaceschool.com
Stir It Up Cooking School
SA|Intermediate gingerbread decorating class, noon-3:30 p.m. |$35 residents, $39 nonresidents|East Boulder Recreation Center, 303-413-7270 stiritupcooking.com|BOULDER
Paragon Culinary School
SU|Basic cooking 101, 12:30 p.m. |$65 | 3125 Sinton Road, 866-FOOD-101|COLORADO SPRINGS
Saverino
SU|Cooking class features Italian holiday meal favorites.|$40 |2191 Arapahoe St., 303-308-0764
International Wine Guild
TU|Merlot wine class, 6:30-9:30 p.m.|$50| Auraria campus, 303-296-3966, internationalwineguild.com
Tony’s Market
TU|Classic wine-reduction sauces, 7:15 p.m.|$50|7421 W. Bowles Ave., 720-377-3680|LITTLETON
CONTESTS
Beerdrinker of the Year
-DEC. 31|Wynkoop Brewing Co. is searching for the most passionate, knowledgable beer lover in the U.S. Submit a “beer résumé” detailing your beer-drinking philosophy and displaying your understanding of beer, its history and its importance to civilization. The winner gets free beer for life at the Wynkoop|wynkoop.com
In-Sink-Erator challenge
-DEC. 31|Write a creative essay (100-word maximum) describing how an instant hot-water dispenser would help heat things up for a chance to win a $10,000 kitchen makeover. Visit the website for an entry form. Mail entries to In-Sink-Erator Kitchen Makeover, 733 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee, WI 53202| insinkerator.com
National Culinary Challenge
-JAN. 9|High school seniors may enter an original dinner or dessert recipe for a chance to win a full scholarship to Johnson & Wales University and a private lesson with celebrity chef Tyler Florence |jwu.edu/culinary
AirBake Ultra Cookie Challenge
-JAN. 15|Parent-child baking teams are invited to enter their favorite “out-of-the-box” cookie creation for a chance to win a kitchen makeover and college scholarship. Submit original recipes and entry forms to AirBake Ultra Cookie Challenge, care of M. Booth & Associates, 300 Park Ave. South, Floor 12, New York, NY 10010. Complete rules and entry forms available online|wearever.com
Best Teen Chef 2006
-FEB. 10|High school seniors are invited to enter the competition for a chance to win a full scholarship to The Art Institutes and a private lesson with celebrity chef Tyler Florence. Local competition at The Art Institute of Colorado on March 11 |artinstitutes.edu/btc
UPCOMING
The Seasoned Chef Cooking School
DEC. 14|Christmas morning breakfast workshop, 6:30 p.m-.9:30 p.m. |$55 |999 Jasmine St., Suite 100, 303-377-3222, theseasoned chef.com
Wild Oats Marketplace
DEC. 17|Winter soups class, 6:30 p.m.|$5|870 S. Colorado Blvd., 303-691-0101 wildoats.com
Cake crafts
JAN. 6 & 7|Learn the art of pulled sugar bows, ribbons, basketweaving and other skills, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 6 or 1-4 p.m. Jan. 7 |$25|4105 S. Broadway, 303-761-1522, cakecrafts.net|ENGLEWOOD
City of Aurora
JAN. 10|Hearty winter soups, including Spicy Black Bean & Chorizo and Mulligatawny, 6:30-9:30 p.m.|$39 residents, $51 nonresidents |Expo Recreation Center, 10955 E. Exposition Ave., 303-326-8630, auroragov.org/recreation|AURORA
Mail calendar items at least 10 days in advance to Food Calendar, The Denver Post, 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202; e-mail Living@denverpost.com.
