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Despite swine flu scare and America's traditional love affair with beef, the pig seems to be everywhere
The president of the National Pork Producers Council - the person who represents the people who represent the nation's pigs - appeared recently before Congress to talk about sales in the swine flu era.
He wasn't happy. "Things look bleak going forward," Don Butler told America's lawmakers.
Around the same time, the following events transpired: The usually beef-and-beany Taco Bell erected signs at the mouth of its drive-thru lanes, exhorting motorists around the republic: "TOP IT OFF WITH BACON."
Uncle Jack's, one of New York City's signature steakhouses, put out its sidewalk chalkboard of dinner specials. Getting top billing at the beef emporium, for $24.95, was not sirloin, not rib-eye, not filet mignon, but slow-roasted Berkshire pork shank.
Wine and Dine
 Five-course Wine Dinner, Henrietta's Table, Boston, 6:30 p.m., $65. 617.661.5005 8th Anniversary Wine Dinner, Solea, Waltham, 7-9:00 p.m., 781.894.1805 New World Wine Dinner, Exchange Street Bistro, Malden, 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., $75. 781.322.0071 Local Wine Dinner, Henrietta;s Table, Cambridge, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., $65. 617.661.5005 Piedmontese Wine Dinner, Sixty2 on Warf bistro, Salem, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., $85. 978.744.0062 Fireside Chat: Pinot Noir, The fireplace, Boston, 3-4:15 p.m., $25 to $30. 617.975.1900 Fall Wine Festival, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, 6-9 p.m., $50, benefits R.I. Community Food Bank.www.thesavorygrape.com and 401.886.9463 Beer Summit Harvest Fest 09, Plaza Castle, Boston, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Armenian Fest 2009, Sts. Vartanantz Church at Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet, noon-9 p.m. 401.831.6399 Autumn Harvest Cruises aboard The Spirit of Boston, Seaport World Trade Center Marine Terminal, Boston, 6 p.m., $83.90. www.spiritofboston.com Culinary Tour of Umbria, Rialto, Cambridge. 11-2 p.m. $100. 617.661.5050 Long Acre House Four-course Wine Dinner, Westport Rivers Vineyare & Winery, Westport. 5:30 p.m. $85. 508.636.3423m ext, 2, Farm supper, West Greenwich Fire Station, West Greenwich, 6 p.m. $20. www.nofarrell@cox.net and 401.241.0680 Friends of Warwick Animal Shelter Pasta Dinner, Norwood Baptist Church, Warwick, 5-7 p.m.,$7. 401.467.2692 |
Make your own cheese and chocolate
So, you want to make your own food? How about chocolate and cheese, and right in our own backyard, too.
Every Thursday through the end of the year you can get a beginner course in chocolate making at Newport Chocolates on Williams Street in Newport. Classes run 6 to 8 and cost 35 bucks. You'll go home with a box of handmade chocolates (that they prepared) and a recipe. 401.841.8975
For cheese, the Narragansett Creamery is holding a cheesemaking class Sunday, Nov. 15, from 9 to 3 at Blackstone Caterers on John Clarke Road in Middletown. You'll learn about milk chemistry, cheese identification, wine and cheese pairings, cheese making and affinage - that's the refining of a cheese.
Linda's Kitchen
Our host, Linda Karaberis of Attleboro, keeps it simple to encourage people to try cooking.
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