Datebook

Thursday

Wine, Dine & Design: Saveur and Garden Design magazines have gotten together to create a wine- and food-tasting event featuring showcase rooms decorated with home furnishings. Restaurants participating include Felt, Josie, the House, Los Feliz, Lucques, Mako, Melisse, Muse, Reign and Zax. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Chez Panisse Foundation. 6:30 p.m. Floors 5 and 6 of the blue building, the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. For information, call (877) 384-0023. For tickets, call (877) 225-0081. $125 to $150.

Shellfish: The storage, cleaning and cooking of shellfish are taught in this hands-on class. Dishes include crab cakes, linguine with Sardinian clam sauce and steamed mussels with Thai green curry sauce. 6:30 p.m. The New School of Cooking, 8690 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 842-9702. $68.

New Place to Taste: Sip wines from Napa Valley, nibble hors d’oeuvres and listen to a speaker tell you what you’re drinking at Taste of Napa. Tonight’s tasting targets single folks. 7 p.m. Taste of Napa, 16635 Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach. (562) 592-0900. $30.

Saturday

Esprit de Provence: As part of Marseille-Provence Week, a street fair at Two Rodeo Drive features produce stands, ceramic cookware, candles, herbs and more. Taste French food and wines on the patio of McCormick & Schmick’s the Fish House, 206 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills; at Two Rodeo (at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive). 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call (310) 789-0089 or visit event.provencetourism.com. Free.

A Roast to Boast About: Massimo Ormani roasts prime rib, free-range chicken and other comestibles for your cooking education. He also prepares sauces and sides. Lunch with wine, in the dining room, to follow class. 10 a.m. In the kitchen of Locanda Veneta, 8638 W. 3rd St., L.A. (310) 274-1893. Call Massimo or Daniela Ormani to reserve a space at (310) 246-8892. $90.

Taste Wine: The Wine Country features dark, tannic wines from Southwest France in this tasting. 1 p.m. The Wine Country, 2301 Redondo Ave., Signal Hill. (562) 597-8303. $7.50.

Tuesday

A Career in Cooking? Cecilia De Castro holds a seminar for people considering cooking as a profession. She discusses career transition, job opportunities, training and moving up the ladder in a restaurant setting. 6:30 p.m. Let’s Get Cookin’, 4643 Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. (818) 991-3940. Free.

--ANGELA PETTERA

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