EVENTS
“180 Dining”
Thursday: Students from Cook Street’s Professional Culinary Arts curriculum prepare a five-course dinner, 6-9 p.m. Some courses include wine. $59, reservations required. 1937 Market St., 303-308-9300,
Wynkoop Holiday Beer Dinner
Thursday: Four-course dinner paired with six local seasonal beers, 6:30 p.m. $35. Reservations required. Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th St., 303-297-9999
Candy Cane Festival
Saturday: Hammond’s Candies hosts its ninth annual festival offering visits with Santa, tours of the candy factory, crafts, face painting, cookie decorating and more, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission and tours are free. 5735 Washington St.,
Frasca Food and Wine
Monday: third annual White Truffle & Barolo Dinner featuring the Cavallotto Winery from Piedmont, Italy. The five-course dinner features creations from chef Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson and master sommelier Bobby Stuckey of Frasca Food and Wine, and chef/owner Michael Tusk and wine director and David Lynch of San Francisco’s Quince Restaurant. Four of the five courses will include fresh shaved white truffles. $575, excludes tax and gratuity. Reservations required; Tuesday-Dec. 30: offering a four-course holiday menu. $75, excludes tax and gratuity. 1738 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-442-6966,
December 2009 Wine Dinner
Through December: The Weber offers a special holiday dinner. $69.95, excludes tax and gratuity. Reservations required. 233 Clayton St., 303-377-8577
BENEFITS
Patron Tequila Dinner
Today: Chef Richard Sandoval and Patron Platinum present this four- course benefit dinner and silent auction, 6 p.m. $150, proceeds benefit the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus. Reservations required. La Sandía Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, 8419 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree, 303-586-5511
Johnny’s New York Pizza & Pasta
Today: Will donate a percentage of total sales to the District Attorney’s Child Sex Offender Internet Investigation Unit to protect children online. 1000 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, 303-935-8818,
JOY Drive
Through Friday: The City of Aurora’s Original Aurora Renewal and the Aurora Police Department are requesting donations for the eighth annual JOY Drive. Non-perishable food items, baby care products, school and art supplies and personal hygiene items are needed. Donations can be dropped off at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library & Municipal Services Center, 9898 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora,
CLASSES
Cake Crafts
Saturday: “Holiday Cookie Decorating,” 1-4 p.m. $40 plus supplies, reservations required. 4105 S. Broadway, Englewood, 303-761-1522,
Cook Street
Saturday: “Holiday Gingerbread Houses,” 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $79 per house for one child and up to two adults. Class also offered Dec. 19. 1937 Market St., 303-308-9300,
Kitchen Table Cooking School
Today: “Fantastic Confections,” 6:30-9 p.m. $55; Tuesday: “Amazing Holiday Appetizers,” 6:30-9 p.m. $75. reservations required. 5375 Landmark Place, Suite 105, Greenwood Village, 303-220-9769,
Stir It Up
Today: “Gingerbread House Decorating,” 1-2 p.m. $20 (ages 3-5); Saturday: “Kids Gingerbread Weekend Workshop,” 10-11:30 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m. or 3-4:30 p.m. $25 (ages 5-16); Sunday: “Family Gingerbread Workshop,” 1-3:30 p.m. $65 (age 5 and up, at the Louisville Rec Center). 1140 S. Lashley Lane, Boulder, 303-494-2665,
Whole Nourishment/Natural Foods Cooking Classes
Tuesday: “Chocolate Lovers,” noon and 6 p.m. $40. 1140 S. Lashley Lane, Boulder, 303-938-1468 or e-mail debbie@wholenourishment.com
Mail items at least 10-14 days in advance to Food Calendar, The Denver Post, 101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202; fax 303-954-1679, e-mail living@denverpost.com.
