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Culinary Historians of Chicago presents Flavors of the Fruitland: An Ode to Michigan, a talk by Justin Rashid of American Spoon Foods, Saturday from 10 AM to noon at the Robert Morris College Institute of Culinary Arts, eighth floor. He’ll discuss fruit varieties and history in Michigan, specifically the tart cherries of western Michigan and the role they’ve played in his company, and samples of American Spoon’s products will be available. $5 ($3 for students; free for CHC members).
Provenance Food and Wine‘s Logan Square location celebrates its second anniversary with birthday cake, wine, food samples, and a drawing on Saturday from 3-6 PM.
Fat Cat hosts a New Holland beer dinner, featuring a different beer selection from the New Holland Brewery with each of the five courses, Tuesday at 7 PM. Among the offerings are steamed mussels with tomato orange fennel broth, chili-braised pork rillettes, and for dessert, an “uptown car bomb” and creme brulee. $65.
