Food calendar

Tuesday, Jan 12

A tasting of duck, featuring a special menu that includes duck liver with polenta and a duck egg, duck confit breast with savoy cabbage, bacon and chestnuts, and more. $45 plus tax and gratuity. Reservations available 5-10 p.m. at Blackfish BYOB Restaurant, 119 Fayette St., Conshohocken, 610-397-0888.

Wednesday, Jan 13

Gourmet Chinese wine dinner, featuring a champagne reception with an assortment of hors d'oeuvres, wines from Moore Brothers Wine Company, and a five-course dinner prepared by the Yangming chefs that includes lobster risotto with pan-seared day-boat scallop, roasted Chilean sea bass, tea-smoked squab, and more. $110 includes tax and gratuity. 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Yangming, 1051 Conestoga Rd., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-3200.

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Jan 16: Book signing and seasonal tasting, with Louisa Shafia, who will be signing her new book, Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life. Free admission; pay for the book. Noon-2 p.m. at Terrain at Styer's, 914 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, 610-459-2400.

Jan 16: Szechuan for couples, a cooking class in which participants will learn to use fundamental taste sensations to create dishes indigenous to China's Szechuan province. $95 per couple. 6-8 p.m. at Kitchen Kapers Culinary Academy, 1341 Nixon Dr., Moorestown, 856-778-7705.

Jan. 17-22 and Jan 24-29: Center City Restaurant Week, during which dozens of Center City restaurants will offer diners special three-course dinners for $35 and three-course lunches for $20; not including tax, gratuity or beverages. For a complete list of participating restaurants, including contact information and menu options, visit www.centercityphila.org.

Jan 18: Macaroni-and-cheese contest, featuring an array of this classic comfort food as prepared by more than a dozen South Jersey restaurant chefs. $10; $4 for children under 12; includes all the mac-and-cheese you can eat. 6:30 p.m. at Tortilla Press Cantina, 7716 Maple Ave., Pennsauken, 856-356-2050.

Barry Zukerman