PROVIDENCE - Joe Zito and Linda Beaulieu, co-authors of

"The TV Maitre d' Cookbook," will host

a casual dinner and book signing on

Wednesday, March 26, at Costantino’s

on DePasquale Plaza off Atwells Avenue in Providence.

The event featuring former Wrentham

resident Beaulieu will begin with a Prosecco

reception at 6, followed by a rustic Italian dinner.

The menu includes an authentic antipasto,

a pasta course, chicken Milanese with arugula,

coffee and dessert — homemade ravioli

cookies.

For 50 bucks you get dinner, a copy of

the book and a glass of Prosecco during the opening reception. Zito, who resides in East

Greenwich, is the host of the local television

show. Beaulieu, who now lives in Lincoln, is an

award-winning food writer.

The March 26 dinner is the first in a series

at local restaurants. (401.528.1100)

How does walking around Boston’s North

End eating sound? Try "North End Exposure:

A Progressive Dinner" Tuesday. Diners, with

maps and menus in hand, can stroll from

Prezza, Tresca, Taranta and Lucca, and not

necessarily in that order, and choose from

among four options: a pasta, meat, fish and

veggie dish at each stop. It’s 50 bucks, 60 if

you want wine. (617.227.1577)

Maerzen-braised short ribs are the entree at

the Anheuser-Busch beer dinner 6:30 Wednesday

at Morin’s on South Main Street in Downtown

Attleboro. Dinner starts with spicy shrimp

cakes with corn salsa, followed by grilled chicken

with pears, dried cherries and toasted walnuts.

Dessert is lemon polenta cake with warm fruit

compote. All served with different beers, of

course, and all for 35 bucks. (508.222.9875)

Mention the North Attleboro

High music program

or the Friends of Music at

some local spots and you’ll

be helping raise cash for the

program. At Box Seats at

Tower Square on Route 1,

they’ll kick in 15 percent of

your tab on Wednesdays,

Thursdays and Sundays.

At Spero’s Pizza on Kelley

Boulevard they’ll donate 10

percent of orders, pick-up

or delivery, on Tuesdays

between 5 and 10. And

on this coming Tuesday,

Domino’s on East Washington Street will give the

group 15 percent of all pick-ups and deliveries

between 4 and 9.

The Fireplace in Boston has live music on both

Wednesday and Thursday nights. (617.975.1900)

Cafe on the Common in Mansfield is now

open Friday nights until 9, and offers signature

dinner specials with beer and wine.

(508.339.9130)

On Wednesdays and Fridays at Pinelli’s on

Route 2 in West Warwick they have a Lenten

special called Pick Your Pasta, Pick Your Sauce,

in which you make your own choosing from

four pastas and four sauces. Expect seafood

sauce and meatless sauce among your choices.

(401.821.8828)

St. Patty’s Day is coming, so think chocolate

shamrocks at Shirley’s on South Washington

Street in Downtown North Attleboro.

(508.695.8837)

Carrie’s Restaurants on Douglas Avenue in

Providence (401.831.0066) and Smith Street in

North Providence (401.353.0971) offer fried or

baked fish dishes and pasta dishes for Lent.

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The Notester and companion dined at 3 on 140

in Franklin on noteworthy wild mushroom ravioli

— porcini mushroom pasta stuffed with mushroom

ricotta filling and served with sun-dried tomatoes and

baby spinach in a brandy herb sauce — and ginger

lime center-cut cod served with Thai noodles, stir-fry

vegetables, crispy wonton and a sweet miso glaze.

Dessert was key lime pie, of course, at the restaurant

that used to be Pippinelle’s before it underwent

major renovation under the new owners. You can get

everything from a salad with pecan-crusted chicken

to Maine lobster pie or lobster mac and cheese to

grilled thin-crust pizza. (508.528.6333)

Cuban-style surf and turf is 10 bucks and Jeneration chicken over rice is 9 bucks with the coupons in The Sun Chronicle Monday for Jenerations on East Street in Downtown North Attleboro.(508.809.6585)

The Wednesday night Wine & Food Flight Menu at Regatta at Cotuit features four courses paired with wine for 42 bucks. The offerings change every week. (508.428.5715)

The veal forrester is 12 bucks and the seafood diablo is 14 bucks with the coupons in The Sun Chronicle Monday for Fitzy’s Pub on Man Mar Drive in Plainville. 508.699.2532)

They now have Sunday brunch at Local 121 at the Dreyfus Hotel on Washington Street in Providence. Look for pancakes with blueberry gastrique, poached eggs and house-made muesli with milk or yogurt, braised pork shank, roasted shoestring squash and sauteed spinach. (local121.com and 401.274.2121)

The fisherman’s platter is 10 bucks at lunch and 15 bucks at dinner at The Fisherman’s III on 123 in Norton near the Attleboro line. (508.222.8090)

Like to belt out Broadway tunes? Then show up on Show Tune Tuesdays at dbar in Dorchester, where you eat and then show off your show tune style. The singing starts at 9 and, The Notester hears, choreographed dancing is encouraged. (617.265.4490)

They have all-you-can chicken 11:30 to 8 at Corinne’s on Newport Avenue in Pawtucket.

(corinnesbanquets.com and 401.725.4260)

You can sample appetizer portions of Irish cooking Thursday at “A Taste of Kinsale” 6

to 8 at Rosecliff mansion in Newport. Tickets are 50 bucks, and are sold only in advance.

(401.845.9130)

The third annual fundraiser for Neighbors Helping Neighbors, the local group that helps the needy to pay heating bills, is 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the Cafe Porto Bello on North Washington Street in Downtown North Attleboro. Tickets for the Italian buffet are 25 bucks. Send checks to NHN, 627 Mount Hope St., North Attleborough 02760.

You can choose from steaks, seafood, chicken and pizza — and a dozen microbews — at the Eagle Brook Saloon on 1A in Norfolk. (508.384.7312)

There will be food and a wine-tasting 6 to 9 Friday, March 28, at the Pawtucket Country Club to raise funds for Julia’s Garden at World World I Memorial Park Zoo in North Attleboro. Tickets are 30 bucks. (thejuliafoundation.com)

Blues guitarist Paul Geremia will be at Greenvale Vineyards on Wapping Road in Portsmouth tomorrow, with doors opening at 7. Wines are available and you can bring your own food. Tickets are 22 bucks, 25 at the door, and seating is limited to 35. (greenvale.com and 401.847.3777)

The Natural Choice vegetarian dairy-free cuisine offers cooking classes with Chris

Brown on Sundays. Here’s the schedule: March 16, 2 to 6, Soy — The Supreme Bean, 45 bucks, and March 30, 1:30 to 6, A Taste of Thailand, 50 bucks. A menu for a Spring Fling Dinner will be taught on April 13, 1:30 to 6 for 50

bucks, Sensational Salads is April 27, 1:30 to 6 for 50 bucks and it’s Delectable Desserts May 4, 1:30 to 6 for 50 bucks.

(401.245.8443)

Bon appetit. And if you go, let The Notester know.

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