EVENTS
Coffee and Chocolate Tasting
F & SA|At the Village Roaster, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Registration required. |$10, $15 per couple|7978 W. Alameda Ave., 303-238-8718 or 303-445-9325 |LAKEWOOD
International Mead Festival
F & SA|World’s largest festival and competition for commercial and homemade mead entries. Tastings and seminars. |Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites, 303-823-6691, medflies.com |BOULDER
Chocolate Fair
SA|The Vitamin Cottage offers free samples, lecture on health benefits of chocolate and book signing, 1-3 p.m. |Vitamin Cottage, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, 303-986-5700|LAKEWOOD
BENEFITS
Strings Restaurant
TH|Offers a percentage of the proceeds from the evening’s meal to benefit Rocky Mountain Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 6 p.m.|1700 Humboldt St., 303-831-7310
Panda International
SA|Hosts its sixth annual fundraising dinner and silent auction, 5:30 p.m. |$50-$450|Chinese Palace Restaurant, 6265 E. Evans Ave., 303-933-2365
CLASSES
Cook Street School
TH|Weeknight Meals Reinvented class, 6-9:30 p.m.|$79 |1937 Market St., 303-308-9300, cookstreet.com
Culinary School of the Rockies
SA & SU|All about cakes class, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.| $175|637 S. Broadway, Suite H, 303-494-7988, culinaryschoolrockies.com|BOULDER
Stir It Up Cooking School
SU|That’s Italian class for ages 7-11, 12:30-3:30 p.m. |1140 S. Lashley Lane, 303-494-2665, stiritupcooking.com|BOULDER
South Denver Heart Center
M|Special-Interest cooking to lower cholesterol naturally, 1:30-2:30 p.m. |Free |1000 SouthPark Drive, 303-744-3278, southdenver.com |LITTLETON
RESTAURANT NEWS
Black Pearl Restaurant
Now serving lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. |1529 S. Pearl St., 303-777-0500
Bloom
The New American Cuisine restaurant offers a weekly half-price wine promotion. |1 W. FlatIron Circle, 720-887-2800|BROOMFIELD
SCHOLARSHIPS
International Association of Women Chefs & Restaurants
-MARCH 31|Announces its 2006 scholarship and internship program for beginning and professional chefs. It provides opportunities in restaurants, wineries and culinary schools. Applications and information at womenchefs.org.
CONTESTS
Best Teen Chef 2006
-F|High school seniors are invited to enter the competition for a chance to win a full scholarship to The Art Institutes. |artinstitutes.edu/btc
Smucker’s Family Traditions Recipe Contest
-FEB. 18|Submit an original family recipe passed down for at least two generations and contains at least K cup Smucker’s jams, jellies or preserves, along with an essay of 100 words or less telling the story behind the recipe. The grand prize is a trip to New York. |smuckers.com
Healthy Heritage Recipe Contest
-MARCH 24|Johnson & Wales University and Healthy Kids Challenge invite seventh- and eighth-graders to submit recipes for a chance to win a tuition scholarship to the culinary school. Registration forms and rules at healthykidschallenge.com/recipes.php|888-259-6287
VALENTINE’S DAY
Cupid’s Tea Party
TH|The city of Aurora hosts a party for ages 5-10, 4-6 p.m. |$16 residents, $21 nonresidents |Tallyn’s Reach Library, 23911 E. Arapahoe Road, 303-326-8630, auroragov.org/recreation|AURORA
Movie and a Martini
TH|The Wildlife Experience hosts an evening of martinis, cosmopolitans, appetizers and a showing of “An Affair to Remember,” starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, 6:30 p.m. |$20|10035 S. Peoria St., 720-488-3336 |PARKER
Valentine Cooking
TH or SA|The Seasoned Chef
Cooking School hosts a couples cooking workshop, 6:30 p.m-9:30 p.m. Thursday or 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.|$55 |999 Jasmine St., Suite 100, 303-377-3222, theseasoned chef.com
Valentine Dinner for Two
F|The city of Aurora offers a cooking class, 6:30-9:30 p.m. |$42-$100 |Expo Recreation Center, 10955 E. Exposition Ave., 303-326-8630, auroragov.org/ recreation|AURORA
Creating a Feast Fit for Lovers
F|Flagstaff House Restaurant offers a Valentine’s day-themed three-course cooking demonstration followed by a gourmet lunch, 11 a.m. |$105|1138 Flagstaff House Road, 303-442-4640|BOULDER
Cuba Libre Bistro
TU|The Colorado Cuban restaurant offers a prix-fixe five-course dinner. Reservations required. |$150|12684 W. Indore Place, 303-904-3707|LITTLETON
Dinner and Diamonds
F-FEB. -18|Denver Grand Hyatt Downtown offers “The Diamond Pinnacle Package,” featuring five-course dinner, breakfast for two, one night’s stay and a one-third carat diamond heart pendant. |$999|1750 Welton St., 303-295-1234
Cheshire Cat Brewpub
TU|Hosts a Valentine’s Day dinner, 4:30-10 p.m. Reservations suggested. |$50 per couple plus tax and tip|7803 Ralston Road, 303-431-9000|ARVADA
Chicago
TU|Bring your valentine in for a “Chicago-style” hot dog or Italian Beef|6680 W. Colfax Ave., 303-233-0500|LAKEWOOD
Foods for Love
TU|The Fort offers a special prix-fixe Valentine’s menu, 5 p.m. |$50|19192 Colorado 8, 303-697-4771 |MORRISON
I-Zen Asian Grill and Sushi Bar
TU|Offers a prix-fixe dinner. Reservations required. |$150|303-904-1737|LITTLETON
Lime
TU|Offers a four-course menu to celebrate Valentine’s Day, 5:30-11 p.m. |1424 Larimer St., 303-893-LIME
Mel’s Bar and Grill
TU|Creates a four-course “heart-felt” menu for Valentine’s Day. |235 Fillmore St., 303-333-3979
Mercury Cafe
TU|The chefs of Mercury make “love potions” to celebrate Valentine’s Day, 5:30-11 p.m. |2199 California St., 303-294-9258
Randolph’s Restaurant
TU|Celebrates Valentine’s Day with a six-course dinner, 5-10 p.m. Reservations required. | $59|1776 Grant St., 303-318-7272
Tamayo Restaurant
TU|Offers a three-course prix-fixe menu for Valentine’s Day. Special appetizers and entrees also served. |$49|1400 Larimer St., 720-946-1433
Yard House
TU|Celebrates Valentine’s Day with an aphrodisiac menu. No reservations required. |14500 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 341, 303-278-9273, yardhouse.com|LAKEWOOD
Zengo Restaurant
TU|Offers a three-course prix-fixe menu for Valentine’s Day. |$55|1610 Little Raven St., 720-904-0965
Cookin’ & Jazz
FEB. 17|Colorado restaurants and caterers offer cuisine of ethnic flavors accompanied by jazz vocalist Yvonne Underhill, 6 p.m.-midnight. |$55-$600|Seawell Grand Ballroom, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 14th and Curtis streets, 303-400-5928
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.comcq
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/recreationcq|AURORA
Paragon Culinary School
SU|Celtic Christmas features class and dinner, 12:30 p.m. |$65110 | 3125 Sinton Road, 866-FOOD-101cq|COLORADO SPRINGS
The Heirloom Tomato
SA|Holiday cookies class, 6-8:30 p.m.|$55 |6001 Wolff St., 720-936-2830, theheirloomtomato.com cq|ARVADA
Argonaut Wine & Liquors
TU|Hosts a tasting of Spanish and Portuguese wines to benefit MS Foundation, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reservations required|$35| Park Hill Golf Course, 4141 E. 35th Ave., 303-831-7788
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