DATEBOOK

TODAY

Regency Wine Dinner: Pastis hosts this winemaker dinner featuring wines from Provence. The five-course meal includes saffron and zucchini soup, stuffed vegetables, lamb loin and a mesclun and cheese salad. From 6 to 10 p.m. Pastis, 8114 Beverly Blvd., L.A. (323) 655-8822. $45. Also Thursday night.

SATURDAY

Food Drive: For its annual food drive, the National Assn. of Letter Carriers picks up bags and boxes of nonperishable foods you place by your mailbox and distributes them to local food banks. Be sure to mark the bags and boxes “NALC Food Drive.” Call (626) 798-6122 for more information.

Fish Market Tour: Sal Marino, chef and owner of Il Grano restaurant, takes you through a downtown fish market and doles out buying and cooking tips. Eat lunch afterward. Sign up through the Jean Brady Cooking School. 8:30 a.m. Meeting location given upon registration. (310) 454-4220. $75.

Culinary Historians: The topic this month is the history of Santa Barbara County winemaking. Winemakers Ardison Phillips of McKeon-Phillips and Norman Beko of Cottonwood Canyon speak. 10:30 a.m. The Mark Taper Auditorium of Central Library, 630 W. 5th St., L.A. (213) 228-7101. Free.

SUNDAY

Melisse Menu: Josiah Citrin, chef and owner of Melisse, shows how to make potato-crusted halibut, braised Swiss chard, fruit crepes and more. 2:30 p.m. Sur La Table, 832 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. (949) 640-0200. $60.

MONDAY

Calera Wine Dinner: Josh Jensen, owner of Calera Winery, discusses his wines at this five-course dinner and champagne reception. Dishes include duck breast with sweetbread strudel and saltimbocca of veal tenderloin. 7 p.m. Patina, 5955 Melrose Ave., L.A. (323) 467-1108. $135.

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