DATEBOOK

TONIGHT

Try Pie: Wrap pastry dough around sweet and savory fillings in this pie class. Learn to make apple, pumpkin, cranberry and chicken pot pies. 6 p.m. Happy Trails Catering, 207 S. Fair Oaks Ave., South Pasadena. (626) 796-9526. $45

THURSDAY

Truffle Time: Celebrate the opening of white truffle season with a blow-out five-course dinner prepared by some of Los Angeles’ best Italian chefs, including Gino Angelini of Osteria Angelini, Nicola Mastronardi of Vincenti and Celestino Drago of Drago. 8 p.m. Renaissance Beverly Hills Hotel, 1224 S. Beverwil Drive, Los Angeles. Reservations required (310) 557-3017. $285, including matching wines.

American Thanksgiving: Turkey, cornbread and oyster stuffing, “drunken” gravy, soup, salad, butternut squash flan and apple pie are taught in this class. 10:30 a.m. Let’s Get Cookin’, 4643 Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village. (818) 991-3940. $65. Also at 6:30 p.m.

Gourmet Tour: Sue Young of the Tasting Spoon takes you on a culinary tour of the West Side. It begins at a cooking supply store in Culver City, hits an ethnic produce and import market, then a wine boutique, and stops for lunch at Rock in Marina del Rey. Final stop is a deli. Bring a cooler. Itinerary, maps and recipes provided. 10 a.m. Meeting spot given upon registration. Call (310) 306-8851 to register. $40.

Auction Tasting: Taste tonight what goes on the auction block on Saturday (in two sessions at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.). Wines from France, Italy and Napa Valley will be sampled and then put up for bid two days later. 6:30 p.m. Christie’s, 360 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. (310) 385-2602. $60.

FRIDAY

Organic Wine Expo Tasting: Taste some of the wines on display at the International Organic Wine Expo sponsored by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West and a consortium of Italian organic-wine producers. 1 to 5 p.m. The Park Hyatt Hotel, 2151 Avenue of the Stars, Century City. (310) 277-1234. Call (310) 557-3017 for reservations. $15.

Organic Wine Dinners: A number of organic wine dinners held in conjunction with the International Organic Wine Expo are tonight. Restaurants include Angeli Caffe, Drago, Locanda del Lago, Angelini Osteria, Valentino and Vincenti. Check the Web site for specific listings and menus at https://www.italchambers.net/losangeles/iowe. To reserve a space at one of these dinners, call (310) 557-3017.

SATURDAY

A Frenchman’s Thanksgiving: Jean Francois Meteigner, chef and owner of La Cachette, shows you his way of making turkey, side dishes, kabocha squash soup, crudites and pecan pie. The meal with wine is served after class. 9 a.m. La Cachette, 10506 Little Santa Monica Blvd., Century City. (310) 470-4992. $100.

Scooter and the Vets: Scooter Kanfer, chef and owner of the House restaurant, guest-hosts this cooking class in the Garden of Eatin’ series. It involves a tour of the Veterans Garden and a light lunch. 10 a.m. The Veterans Garden, at the intersection of Constitution and Sepulveda avenues, inside the Veterans Administration Center, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. (310) 268-4062. $30. Angela Pettera