Food calendar

Published 4:40 pm Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Cooking Wheatless Culinary Studio: www.cookingwheatless.com or e-mail heidi@cookingwheatless.com to register or to get driving instructions.

Valentine treats, 10 a.m. Feb. 9, $40. Menu: “El Diablo” flourless cake, mocha-orange-walnut biscotti, “absolutely evil” cookies and a chocolate wafer crust for a cherry cordial torte.

Culinary Arts Society: Meetings 6:30 p.m. second Wednesdays, Camano Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island; 360-387-0222. Membership $10 per year; members must enter 3 dishes a year.

J. Matheson Kitchen &Gourmet: 2609 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-258-4589, www.jmatheson.com. Registration required.

Knife skills, hands-on with Kie Thompson, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, $20. Learn chopping, dicing, mincing, knife sharpening, storage, and safety. Class limited to 15 students.

Japanese yosenabe dinner, hands-on with Hiroko Sugiyama, 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 9, $75, limited to 15 students. Menu: Sashimi with ponzu, grilled salmon rice balls, dessert of seasonal fruits and Matcha tea.

Chinese feast and barbecue with Tom Douglas, 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 12, $72.50. Menu: Sweet and hot fried almonds, lobster shiitake pot stickers, shrimp rolls with sweet chili sauce, wok-fried clams with Chinese black beans.

Lecture at Town Hall: Michael Pollan discusses “In Defense of Food,” 7 p.m. Feb. 13, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $5 at door.

Pacific Culinary Studio: 6915 Evergreen Way, Everett; 425-231-9239, www.pacificculinarystudio.com.

Olives and olive oil with Charlie Pancerzewski and Leslie Lightner, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6, $35. A discussion of various types of olives and olive oil. Menu: Savory tapenade, olive and goat cheese salad, balsamic marinated olives and classic penne puttanesca.

Gourmet truffles and wine tasting with Aaron Barthel, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 7, $30. Menu: Variety of truffles including Jamaican hot chocolate truffle and others featuring herbs.

Comfort foods refined with Conni Brownell, 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 9, $40. Menu: Roasted chicken and mushroom pot pie, macaroni and blue cheese with herbs, goat cheese and pancetta pizza, salmon cakes with sambal cream cheese sauce, spicy hot buttered rum.

Hearty grains and beans, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 20, $25. Menu: Southwest black bean and rice salad, 30-minute chili, quinoa, kale and chickpea pilaf, bulgur risotto with roasted garlic and butternut squash.

Roasting with chef James White, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 21, $45. Menu: Butterflied, stuffed and roasted flank steak; roasted appetizers and desserts; learn techniques for roasting vegetables, fruits and more.

Resident Cheesemonger: 405 Main St., Edmonds; 425-640-8949; www.residentcheesemonger.com. Cheese tastings, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Cheese classes, 6 to 7:30 p.m. third Thursdays, free.

Sweet Basil’s in Edmonds: Reservations required for all classes. Unless otherwise noted, classes take place 7 to 9 p.m., Sweet Basil’s School of Cooking, 5820 156th St. SW, Edmonds; 425-743-7438.

Feb. 12, French Valentine’s Day menu with chef Bertrand de Boutray, $45.50. Menu: Cauliflower soup with caviar, almond-crusted halibut fillets in chive white wine sauce with spinach and carrots, cordon bleu chocolate cake.

Feb. 21, second date night, $45.50. Menu: Leek and goat cheese pie with spring greens, crab-stuffed prawns with rice pilaf and Parmesan tomatoes, molten lava cake with chambord truffle center.

Wine classes with Dieter Schafer: All take place at South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Ave. SW, Seattle, unless otherwise noted. Prices are per person for entire series or one-night class. Registration required to the phone numbers listed.

Tour the world through wine tasting, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Feb. 19; $115; 206-764-5339, www.LearnatSouth.org.

Buying and enjoying wine made simple, 6 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 25 through March 10, Renton Technical College, 3000 NE Fourth St., Renton; $119; must be 21 or older; 425-235-2352, ext. 5978, www.ctc.edu/~renton/wts/kiosk/index.htm.

Beginners’ guide to Washington wines, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 26 and March 4, $69; 206-764-5339, www.LearnatSouth.org.

Sight, smell, taste — Wine tasting primer, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, $83; 206-764-5339, www.LearnatSouth.org.

Washington wines and wineries, 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, May 6 through 20, $83; each session includes tastings; 206-764-5339, www.LearnatSouth.org.

To have your cooking class or food event published, send it to Food Calendar, The Herald Features Department, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206, or e-mail it to features@heraldnet.com.