Valentine's Celebration at Champney's -- Deerfield
February 12, 2010 to February 14, 2010
Deerfield Inn celebrates love on three nights in February, 12-14, with dinner specials for two, a rose for your love, and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate in martinis, beer, vinaigrette, truffles, and desserts. The Inn also offers chocolate tastings and family events from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on February 13. Location: Deerfield Inn, 81 Old Main Street. Information and reservations: 413-774-5587.

Osterville Chocolate Fest – Barnstable
February 13, 2010
Anchored by chocolate art, tasty exhibits and store raffles & promotions - and featuring the Great Chocolate Dessert Contest - the village will once again yield to the temptation, fun and pleasure of chocolate in all its varieties and flavors. Location: Main Street. Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wine Dinner Series: It’s all Greek to me! -- Boston
February 22, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. Greek wine has come a long way since an appellation system was put into place in the 1970s. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

Waltham Food and Wine Festival -- Waltham
March 2, 2010
Guests will enjoy an elegant evening of food, wine, music, and surprises. Entertainment includes the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra and cooking demonstrations by Waltham's celebrity chefs. The silent auction includes a Cape Cod Getaway, an evening with the Red Sox, and a cruise on the Charles River and dinner in Boston. All proceeds will benefit the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. Location: Westin Waltham Boston Hotel, 70 Third Avenue. Time: 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $40 in advance and $45 at the door. Information and tickets: 781-893-5410 or email info@crmi.org.

Wine Dinner Series: Barossa Valley/Langmeil Winery -- Boston
March 8, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. Barossa is considered one of the top districts on the Australian wine map. The area’s wines are like the Australian people: outgoing and unpretentious. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

Boston Restaurant Week -- Boston
March 14, 2010 to March 26, 2010
Boston Restaurant Week is an occasion for diners to sample prix-fixe menus at some of the city's best restaurants at greatly reduced prices. Participating restaurants serve three-course (appetizer, entree and dessert), prix-fixe meals for $20.10 at lunch and $33.10 at dinner. The price per person does not include beverages, tax or a gratuity. Diners with lighter appetites can opt for a two-course (entree and appetizer or dessert) lunch menu priced at $15.10 at participating restaurants. Dates: March 14-19 and March 21-26. Information and list of participating restaurants: www.bostonusa.com/visit/restaurantweek

Erin Go Bragh Whiskey Tasting -- Boston
March 17, 2010
Join the Master of Whiskey Brad Jarvis, for a special Irish Whiskey Tasting. Take a tour and taste various whiskies spanning several regions without leaving the comfort of your chair. You will discover and learn about blended, pure pot still style, peated and in-peated, single malts, and much, much more. Location: Boston Center for Adult Education, 122 Arlington Street. Time: 6:7:30 p.m. Cost: $50; materials, $18. Information and reservation: www.bcae.org or call 617-267-4430.

Wine Dinner Series: Tempranillo -- Boston
March 22, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. Tempranillo is a black grape varietal widely grown to make full-bodied red wines. The Phoenicians brought this grape to the Iberian peninsula. Dinner includes wines from Spain and Portugal and a New World version from California. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

Wine Dinner Series: Alsace – Maison Hugel -- Boston
April 12, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. Hans Ulrich Hugel settled in Riquewihr, France, in 1639 and soon took charge of the Corporation of Winegrowers. The family has been making wine in Alsace ever since. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series -- Boston
April 13, 2010
A Celebrate Seafood Dinner is a full evening of food, with a delicious three-course meal, paired with wine, as well as informative and fun cooking demonstrations by Aquarium and guest chefs. The evening takes place in the Harbor View Café of the Boston Aquarium and includes cocktails, introductions, demonstrations, discussion, and wine paring. Guests are seated at large tables to foster conversation. Tonight: Guest chef: Greg Griffie, executive chef, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel and chef, Boston. Species: farm-raised oysters, wild hook-caught haddock, wild Atlantic deep-sea red crab. Location: New England Aquarium, 1 Central Wharf. Cost: $75 for non-members. Information: www.neaq.org or call 617-973-5200.

Wine Dinner Series: Austria -- Boston
April 26, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. In the 1980s the Austrian Parliament enacted Europe’s most stringent wine legislation drawing young winemakers and cutting-edge techniques to the vineyards and cellars with the law’s emphasis on quality over quantity. Austria makes some of the raciest, most exciting wines in central-eastern Europe. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

Wine Dinner Series: Blind Tasting -- Boston
May 10, 2010
Take a culinary wine tour around the world. This series is designed to educate and entertain. Hosts act as tour guides, moving from region to region and explaining the complexities of each selection. Guests are treated to a four-course dinner, including the various wines to accompany their dining and educational experience. Reservations are required. For the last wine dinner of the season, guests will blind taste some of our favorites from our previous adventures. Location: The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles Street. Cost: $55 per person (tax and gratuity not included). Time: 7 p.m. Information and reservations: 617-723-7575 or visit www.beaconhillhotel.com.

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HISTORIC

American Heritage Chocolate Celebration – Deerfield
February 13, 2010
The American Heritage Chocolate Celebration at Historic Deerfield is an exploration of everything chocolate, including a sumptuous array of gourmet chocolate desserts, foods, and beverages at the Deerfield Inn. The celebration will include presentations on the history of the favorite food including a special presentation by Curator of Historic Interiors Amanda Lange. Bob Heiss, food professional and owner of Cooks Shop, will give a talk and tasting titled "Exploring and Tasting a Favorite Treat." Eric Whitacre of the Confectioners Mill Preservation Society will speak about his efforts to create a museum devoted to the history of chocolate mills in early America. Visitors can visit with Susan McLellan Plaisted at the Heart to Hearth Cookery as she roasts cacao beans over the open hearth. Location: 80 Old Main Street. Admission: Adults, $12; youth age 6-17, $5. Information: www.historic-deerfield.org or call 413-775-7214.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: A Winter Menu -- Deerfield
February 20, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking and historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Topic: A Winter Menu. Location: Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main Street. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: Early Cooking I -- Deerfield
February 27, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Participants will sample the foods prepared in the program. Topic: Early Cooking I. Location: Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main Street. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: Early Cooking II -- Deerfield
March 6, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Participants will sample the foods prepared in the program. Topic on this date: Early Cooking II. Location: Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main Street. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: Breads, Cakes and Biscuits -- Deerfield
March 13, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Participants will sample the foods prepared in the program. Topic: On the Rise: Breads, Cakes and Biscuits. Location: Historic Deerfield Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: Pies and Tarts -- Deerfield
March 20, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Participants will sample the foods prepared in the program. Topic: Pies and Tarts. Location: Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main Street. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

Open Hearth Cooking Class: Cooking with Herbs -- Deerfield
March 27, 2010
Historic Deerfield will offer instruction in open hearth cooking for those who are interested in historic cooking and hearth management. In the kitchen of the 1786 Hall Tavern, museum guides will demonstrate cookery techniques and lead discussions on 18th- and early 19th-century food preparation, preservation technology, seasonality, diet, and other topics. Participants will sample the foods prepared in the program. Topic: Cooking with Herbs. Location: Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main Street. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: $55. Information and registration: 413-775-7217.

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MUSIC

Sunday Jazz Brunch at the Deerfield Inn -- Deerfield
Now through March 28, 2010
The Deerfield Inn is now featuring live entertainment during Sunday brunch. Champney's Restaurant will present talented local musicians guaranteed to add a special atmosphere to your day in Deerfield. Location: Deerfield Inn, 81 Main Street. Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: 413-774-5587 or visit www.champneysrestaurant.com. Schedule:
The Raised 5th ( December 13); Charlie Apicella Trio (December 20); Ed Byrne (January 3); Bilodeau/Klein/Dunlap/Paquette Quartet (January 10); John Kozinski Trio (January 17); Ron Freshly/Karl Rausch/Lyn Lovell Trio (January 24); Dia Silverstein/Joe Belmont Due (January 31); Ted Wirt/Gary Jackson Duo (February 7); Jazz Trip (February 14); Zack Danziger/Mark Dunlap (February 21); Rick Tutunkiam Trio (February 28); Tim Tisdell Duo (March 7); Ed Byrne (March 14); Interplay Jazz Band (March 21); The Raised 5th (March 28).

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