Sisters Tea hosts green tea event; Melt cooks Big Fat Gyro

Sisters Tea Room in Mentor hosts “It’s Good to Be Green,” the third in its Tea Talk series, from 1 to 3 p.m. April 9. Patricia Dennison will preside.

Learn about the health benefits and history of green tea, the world’s most popular green teas, where they come from and how they are grown and processed as you sample five teas from the top green tea gardens in the world. A lunch of Asian salad, ginger carrot scone, vegetable quiche and fruit torte will be included for $35, which includes tax and gratuity. Only prepaid reservations are available at 440-2906556. The tea room is at 8595 Mentor Ave.

Mediterranean eating

Spend two and a half hours in the kitchen with chef Loretta Paganini on April 10 at her Loretta Paganini School of Cooking in Chester Township and discover why the Mediterranean approach to eating is so healthy; it has redefined diet as a lifestyle and is not a restriction of foods. Paganini’s handson class will conclude with a menu of roasted red pepper tahini dip on freshly made pita bread; Greek salad with tomatoes, feta cheese and Kalamata olives with herb vinaigrette; eggplant parmesan; grilled salmon on basil risotto; and blueberry parfait. It’s $75.

Register: 440-7291110; www:lpscinc.com.

Palm Sunday dinner

The Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services and Joseph House of Cleveland both work to resettle immigrants who have come to Cleveland. The organizations’ efforts will benefit from the 50th Palm Sunday Benefit Dinner set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 in St. Vitus Auditorium, 6111 Lausche Ave., Cleveland. Only 500 dinners will be available, as sit-down meals or for carryout. The menu includes roasted chicken, homemade soup, a side veggie plate, salad, roll and butter plus homemade pastry. For dinner tickets, contact the St. Vitus parish rectory at 216-361-1444.

Grilled cheese month

Melt Bar & Grilled, which has a location in Mentor, presides over National Grilled Cheese month with My Big Fat Gyro Melt for April. It’s made from beef and lamb gyro meat, traditional tzatziki cucumber yogurt sauce, fresh tomato, sweet onions and rich feta and Muenster cheeses. A vegetarian version also is available.

April seasonal sides include Cheesy Romano Cauliflower (sautéed cauliflower, romano cheese sauce, herbed bread crumbs) and Mediterranean Chickpea Salad (tender chickpeas, english cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, feta, herb vinaigrette). The Mentor Melt is in Points East Shopping Center, 7289 Mentor Ave. Call 440-530-3770.