Datebook

SATURDAY

Go Hog Wild: Farmer John sponsors a cook-off featuring its pork products. Contestants compete in the categories of snacking, breakfast, lunch, quick dinner, appetizer and special-occasion to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The parking lot adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier (park in the 1550 North Beach lot). (323) 866-6073. Free.

Strawberry Festival: The 18th annual festival takes place in Oxnard with its usual fair fare--most of it strawberry flavored. A strawberry shortcake-eating contest is part of the fun. 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Strawberry Meadows of College Park, 3250 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard. (888) 288-9242; https://www.strawberry-fest.org. $9 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 12 and seniors over 55, free for kids under 4. Also Sunday.

Taste of the Bay: Some of the South Bay’s restaurants and California wineries come together for a food tasting beneath a huge tent. Since wine, margaritas and pina coladas will be available, no one under 21 will be admitted. 5 to 10:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Martyr, 1900 S. Prospect Ave., Redondo Beach. (310) 316-9540; https://www.underthebigtop.org. $45.

SUNDAY

Market Feast: Chefs who shop at the Hollywood Farmers Market serve tastes of their food. They include chefs from Campanile, Lucques, Vida, Angeli Caffe, Boxer, Les Deux Cafe, The House and more. Proceeds benefit the market’s nonprofit community programs. Live music and drawings also are planned. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Hollywood Farmers Market, Hollywood Boulevard and Ivar Street, Hollywood. (323) 463-3171; https://www.farmernet.com. Tastes will range from $2 to $5.

MONDAY

Pighin Wine Dinner: Locanda del Lago has invited Roberto Pighin from Friuli to dinner. A four-course meal of horseradish-crusted whitefish or veal medallion in Dijon breading accompanies the Pighin wines. 7 p.m. Locanda del Lago, 231 Arizona Ave., on the Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. (310) 451-3525. $59.