DATEBOOK

TODAY

La Crema Dinner: After canapes and cocktails on the patio, move to the dining room for a four-course meal of steamed shellfish over glass noodles, seared Atlantic salmon, roasted pork tenderloin and chocolate-chiffon cake. The food is paired with La Crema wines made by Kendall-Jackson in Napa Valley. Expect a sparkling wine, Viognier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel. 6:30 p.m. Derek’s Bistro, 181 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena. (626) 799-5252. $79.

FRIDAY

Black Business Expo: The food angle at this trade show is the food court. Ten black-owned, L.A.-based restaurants present Cajun, Caribbean, Southern and African foods. Noon to 8 p.m. Tom Bradley Hall, Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 Figueroa St., Los Angeles. Call the hotline for more information at (310) 967-5153. $10 admission; $5 for seniors; free for children under 12. Also Saturday and Sunday.

SATURDAY

What Wines? This wine tasting brings you in close contact with wines you’ve never heard of, such as Verdelho, Valdiguie, Trousseau Gris, Aglianico, Negrette, Nera d’Avola and Ugni Blanc. 1 p.m. The Wine Country, 2301 Redondo Ave., Signal Hill. (562) 597-8303. $7.50.

American Wine & Food Festival: Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff, through their Puck-Lazaroff Charitable Foundation, throw this huge annual fund-raiser to help local chapters of Meals on Wheels. Thirty chefs and 60 wineries provide food and drink. Some of the chefs include Nobu Matsuhisa, Larry Forgione, Mark Peel, Nancy Silverton, Robert Del Grande, Stephan Pyles, Jimmy Schmidt, Lydia Shire, Bradley Ogden, Francois Pallyard, Michael Mina, Norman Van Aken, Susan Spicer, Piero Selvaggio and Joachim Splichal. 6 p.m. The back lot of Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. For tickets and information, call Pam Korman at (310) 234-1984. $250 in advance; $300 at the door.

SUNDAY

Extra Fair Entertainment: If you somehow miss the milking demonstration and the pig races at the L.A. County Fair, you can catch some cooking classes. Chef Henry Gonzalez from Wolfe’s Marketplace in Claremont shows how to make gnocchi and tiramisu at 3 p.m. in The Vineyard kitchen next to the Flower and Garden Pavilion in the Home and Gardens Neighborhood. Lawry’s Test Kitchen demonstrates its products at noon and 2 p.m. in the Gas Co. Kitchen Stage. The Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. (909) 623-3111; https://www.fairplex.com. Cooking classes are free but you still pay admission to the fair and parking fees.

MONDAY

A Bit of Vietnam: Culinary-school owner Haley Nguyen and food writer Cathy Thomas demonstrate how to make lotus heart salad, tofu and jicama rice-paper rolls, grilled lemongrass chicken, a cherimoya smoothie and more. 6:30 p.m. Zov’s Bistro, 17440 E. 17th St., Tustin. Call (714) 838-8855, Ext. 3 for reservations (which are required). $65 by check.

Food-related event information should be submitted at least two weeks before publication date. Mail to Food Section Datebook, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 or fax to (213) 237-7355.