Get Asian, Burns-esque or beer dinner
Dinners
Chef Nor Dinner: Chef Norraset Nareedokmai (aka Chef Nor), owner and executive chef of Silk Elephant and KIIN Lao & Thai Eatery, prepares a menu of mangopapaya salad, sour soup, soy barbecue pork belly with coconut rice, slow-cooked short ribs in panang curry, orange roughy in chili sauce, lemon pepper chicken over mixed vegetables and stewed pumpkin with tapioca. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Community Kitchen Pittsburgh, Hazelwood. $49.95. eventbrite.com (search for “Chef Nor Dinner”).
Burns in the Burgh: Haggis, steak pie, potatoes, green beans, dessert, Macdonald Pipe Band and Celtic Spirit Highland Dancers performances, selfie station with kilts and swords, salute to Scottish poet Robert Burns. 6 p.m. Jan. 25 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, McCandless. $40; $20 for ages 18 and under. burnsnight.macdonaldpipeband.net/event.
Winter Beer Dinner: Four-course dinner with pairings from Bell’s Brewery. 4 to 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at Franklin Inn Mexican Restaurant, Franklin Park. $68; reservations required. franklininnshop.com.
Classes
Make & Take: Rosemary, Potato & White Bean Soup: Learn to prepare a budget-friendly, plant-based meal, and leave with everything you need to make the dish at home. Noon Jan. 23 at East End Food Co-op, Point Breeze. $5; register ahead at eastendfood.coop/events.
C U Tuesdays: Cooking
Demonstration & Food Pantry Event: Cooking demo using fresh produce from the food pantry; participants receive copies of the recipe and the necessary ingredients to prepare it at home. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Rolling Hills Church, Verona. Free. Register at eventbrite.com (search for “CUT-CU Tuesdays: Cooking Demonstration & Food Pantry Event”).
Wine events
Winter Food & Wine Pairing: Casual receptionstyle event with five food stations and wine pairings. Menu includes a flatbread pizza board, cheese and charcuterie board, crab salad on scallop shells, bone marrow risotto and Mediterranean cured salmon. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Terrene Pittsburgh, Station Square. $40. terrenepgh.com.
Wine Shine ’n Pierogi Palooza: Samples and bottle sales from wineries and distilleries, pierogi buffet, shopping. Choice of sessions: Noon to 3 p.m. or 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Hyatt Airport, Moon. $10 online; $15 at door. winefestpa.com.
Other events
Food Pantry Brunch Challenge: Ten chefs compete to serve the best brunch dish made with food pantry staples. Reggae music will accompany the event, which benefits the Northside Community Food Pantry. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at New Hazlett Theater, North Side. $25. 412-323-1163, ext. 7; goodwillswpa.salsalabs.org/ brunchchallenge2020.
High Tea — Retro: Confections by Casey Renee leads a high tea inspired by dinner parties of the 60s, 70s and 80s. 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at Black Radish Kitchen, North Point Breeze. $45. eventbrite.com (search for “High Tea: Retro”).
PASA 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Conference: The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture hosts its annual conference with more than 100 food and farming workshops, a trade show, and keynote speakers Josh Tickell, filmmaker and author of “Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body, and Ultimately Save Our World,” and Michael Twitty, chef and author of “The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South.” Feb. 5-8 at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster. pasafarming.org/conference.
In the news
Pittsburgh chef at NFL party: Chef Scott Walton of Acorn in Shadyside will represent the Pittsburgh Steelers at the NFL’s annual Taste of the NFL party, a food, wine and football event held annually in the Super Bowl city to raise money to fight hunger. This year it’s set for Feb. 1 at Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL. For party details, go to tasteofthenfl.com. To donate money to fight hunger on behalf of the Steelers, go to kickhungerchallenge.com.