Food Calendar
Tonight Sake tasting, featuring an array of top shelf sakes from Japan, as well as a selection of Japanese tapas and expert commentary. $50, all inclusive; $35 for designated drivers. 6:30 p.m. at Margaret Kuo's Peking, Granite Run Mall, Rts. 1 and 352, Media, 610-566-4110. Repeats tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., for the same prices, at Margaret Kuo's, 175 E. Lancaster Ave, Wayne, 610- 688-7200.
Tonight
Sake tasting, featuring an array of top shelf sakes from Japan, as well as a selection of Japanese tapas and expert commentary. $50, all inclusive; $35 for designated drivers. 6:30 p.m. at Margaret Kuo's Peking, Granite Run Mall, Rts. 1 and 352, Media, 610-566-4110. Repeats tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., for the same prices, at Margaret Kuo's, 175 E. Lancaster Ave, Wayne, 610- 688-7200.
Tuesday, April 7
Paté demonstration and tasting with Dame Michèle Haines, who will show attendees how to make three traditional French patés: Paté de Foie served with Ratatouille Tian, Rillettes served with Crudités, and Paté de Campagne served with Salade Verte et Fromage. Fruits and sorbets. $45 plus tax and gratuity; includes dinner; BYOB. 7 p.m. at the Spring Mill Cafe, 164 Barren Hill Rd., Conshohocken, 610-828-2550.
Culinary boot camp, with Chef David Grear, who will present versatile recipes and market tips. $75; includes recipe booklet. Madsen Building, 2901 Springfield Rd., Broomall. To register, call Albertson Cooking School at 610-649-9290.
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Tuesdays-Sundays throughout April: Ten-course Yunan-style Chinese banquet, featuring cuisine from the Yunan Province, including steam pot chicken soup, crispy shrimp ball with fruity sauce, two kinds of mushrooms with vegetables, crispy garlic duck, beehive cake, and more. $45 weekdays; $48 weekends. 6:30 p.m. at the Chinese Cultural Center, 125 N. 10th Street, 215- 923-6767.
April 14: Cherry Blossom Festival sake tasting, featuring a selection of sakes, including Choya Junmai Ume Sake, Suishin Junmai, Kariho Rokushu Junmai Ginjo, and more, as well as food plates, including miso-marinated broiled sea bass in a lettuce cup, a sushi platter with miso soup, and more. $55, all-inclusive. 6-8 p.m. at Teikoku Restaurant, 5492 West Chester Pk., Newtown Square, 610- 644-8270.
Champagne dinner, featuring a four-course menu that includes roasted Taylor bay scallops with hand made potato gnocci, a tasting of spring rabbit, rhubarb vacherin with vanilla mascarpone and raspberries, and more; each course will be paired with a different Paul Goerg Champagne. $100 plus tax and gratuity. 7-9 p.m. at Le Bec-Fin, 1523 Walnut St., 215-567-1000, www.lebecfin.com.
April 16: Dinner and a movie, featuring a showing of the classic film Big Night as well as a dinner menu that includes assorted antipastos, tomato, spinach, Asiago cheese and seafood risotto, whole roasted pig presented table side, tiramisu, and more. $45 plus tax and gratuity. 6-9 p.m. at A Little Cafe, 118 White Horse Rd., Voorhees, 856-784-3344. For information, vist www.alittlecafenj.com.
- Barry Zukerman