Multicourse meals
Breaking Bread — A Storytelling Dinner: Chefs Mike Costello and Amy Dawson of Lost Creek Farm serve a six-course dinner as the culminating event for an oral history project, “Babka and Beyond: Bread, Grains, and Baked Goods in Western Pennsylvania.” 6 to 9 p.m. July 14 at Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus, Richland. $125. craft.chatham.edu/events/.
Caribbean Brunch: Buffetmenu with curried chicken, mackerel, greens, plantains, eggs and fritters. Noon to 4 p.m. July 15 at Savoy, Strip District. $35; $45 with unlimited rum punch. sylapgh.org.
Station Summer Dinner: Chef Curtis Gamble of Station presents a fivecourse dinner in the fields. 7 to 10 p.m. July 15 at Root and Heart Farm, Gibsonia. $75. eventbrite.com (search for “Station Summer Dinner”). how to make better food choices for higher energy. 7 p.m. July 11 at East End Food Co-op, Point Breeze. Free, but register ahead. 412-242-3598.
French Cheese Class: Celebrate Bastille Day with a class focused on French cheeses. 7 p.m. July 12 at Chantal’s Cheese Shop, Bloomfield. $65. Reservations: 412-621-1203.
Pickle Class: Slow Food Pittsburgh’s Mike Rago and Post-Gazette food writer Miriam Rubin teach picklemaking. 1 to 4 p.m. July 14 at Chatham Hall, 655 Pennridge Road, Chatham Village. $25 includes class and Ploughman’s Lunch. For an invitation, e-mail phillips.virginia.r@gmail.com.
Snacky Science: Make pizza and learn the science that goes into it. Noon to 1 p.m. July 14 at Sto-Rox Public Library, McKees Rocks. Free. forstorox.org/calendars/ a.m. to noon July 14 at Heirloom Superfood Market, Strip District. All proceeds benefit Casa San Jose, a Latino National Ice Cream community resource Shop Competition: Small, for Pittsbughers, and independent ice cream sellers RAICES, an organization from around the country helping refugees at the border send their ice cream on dry in Texas. Vegan baked ice to Pittsburgh, where goods donations accepted; their concoctions will be message justiceforanimalspa@gmail.com. judged by staff from three of Pittsburgh’s iconic food establishments Craft Beer University: — Primanti’s, Learn about craft brews Prantl’s Bakery and Sarris from Troegs, Big Rail, Candies. Bounce houses and Crooked Tongue and 412 ice cream samples available. Brewery. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Noon to 5 p.m. July 15 at Klavon’s, July 17 at Cefalo’s, Carnegie. Strip District. Free admission. $42; benefits Camp AIM of klavonsicecream. the Spencer Family YMCA.com/sweet-announcements/. eventbrite.com (search for 7th Annual Craft Beer
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