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Friday, July 17 French wine dinner, featuring a menu that includes a goat cheese and caramelized onion tartelette, braised burgundy escargots in champagne butter, Riverbrook farm trout filet, roasted whole filet mignon and a frozen Grand Marnier parfait with raspberry co

Friday, July 17

French wine dinner, featuring a menu that includes a goat cheese and caramelized onion tartelette, braised burgundy escargots in champagne butter, Riverbrook farm trout filet, roasted whole filet mignon and a frozen Grand Marnier parfait with raspberry coulis; with each course paired with a different French wine. $85. 7 p.m. at Georges', 503 W. Lancaster Ave., Wayne, 610-964-2588. For more information, including a list of wines to be served, visit www.georgesonthemainline.com.

Saturday, July 18

"Good Food, Good Beer, and the Rest Is History," the annual fund-raiser for the Philadelphia Convivium of Slow Food and Green Village Philadelphia, where you can sample food and beverage offerings from Le Virtu, Penne, Southwark, Rx, Xochitl, Run-for-the-Hills. Among the brewers are Philadelphia Brewing Co., Dock Street, Stoudts Brewing Co., Yards, Dogfish Head, Troegs, Earth, Bread & Brewery, Sly Fox, and more. $32 for five food items; $24 for three food items; prices include beer. 6-9 p.m. at the Shambles, Second and Lombard Streets. To reserve tickets and for more information, visit www.farmtocity.org/News.asp.

Weavers Way annual urban farm bike ride, featuring stops at the Orchard at Woodford Mansion, the farm at Martin Luther King High School, Mill Creek Farm in West Philadelphia, Spring Garden Community Gardens, the Teens for Good farm, Greensgrow, and the Philadelphia Brewing Co., to finish off the day with beer and pizza. $15 suggested donation. Starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Weavers Way Co-op farm at Awbury Arboretum on Washington Lane between Ardleigh St. and Chew Ave. For information, visit www.weaversway.coop and click the link for Urban Farm Bike Ride. To RSVP, e-mail Chris Hill at chris@chrishillmedia.com.

Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival, featuring frozen treats from Bassetts Ice Cream, the Franklin Fountain, Miller's Twist, Uncle Dave's Ice Cream, KOV, Gelati Di Capri, and Bredenbeck's Bakery and Ice Cream, as well as games, contests, an ice cream cake-making demonstration, and more. Free admission; pay for what you eat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch Sts., 215-922-2317.

Sunday-Saturday, July 19-25

Farm to Fork Week, presented by SJ Hot Chefs and featuring a four-course dinner with menus containing food grown on local farms for $35 at more than 35 South Jersey restaurants. For a list of participating restaurants and contact information, visit www. sjhotchefs.com/farm_to_fork.

Wednesday, July 22

Craft beer dinner, presented by Philly Beer Scene Magazine and featuring craft beers from the River Horse Brewing Co. of Lambertville as well as a menu that includes spinach salad with a special ale honey dressing, Mediterranean calamari, chicken stuffed with wild mushrooms, and white chocolate and vanilla peach bread pudding. $45. 7 p.m. at the Buck Hotel, 1200 Buck Rd., Feasterville. For information and to make reservations, visit www.beerscenemagazine.com or call 215-396-2002.

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July 30: Canning the tastes of summer, with sous chef Andrew Wood, who will teach attendees how to safely enjoy summer produce year-round. Free. 6 to 7 p.m. at Fork: etc., 308 Market St. For reservations and more information, call 215-625-9425 or visit www.forkrestaurant.com.

- Barry Zukerman