CARMEL
Folktale celebrates Fat Tuesday
Folktale Winery has two events coming up: a Fat Tuesday party on Feb. 9 and a Valentine’s dance Feb. 14.
The Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras party, beginning at 6 p.m., will feature food, music and dancing. Tickets are $10.
The “Bubbles and Sweet Bites” dance, from 8 to 11 p.m., is in the winery’s Barrel Room. Tickets are $25 and include a glass of bubbles, dessert and music by The Julie Capili Quartet.
Folktale Winery is at 8940 Carmel Valley Road. Call 831-293-7500 or see folktalewinery.com.
CARMEL
Sunset Lounge launches new menu
The Sunset Lounge at Hyatt Carmel Highlands is launching a new menu and a weekday happy hour Thursday.
The happy hour is Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Discounted items will include shishito peppers for $5 and chicken-olive empanadas for $8. Executive sous chef Alvaro Dalmau has created the tapas. Other items on the new bar menu include scallop ceviche, octopus a la plancha and a Highlands burger.
Hyatt Carmel Highlands is at 120 Highlands Drive. Call 831-620-1234 or visit hyattcarmelhighlands.com.
CARMEL
Wineries partner for Super Bowl crawl
Dawn’s Dream Winery and Galante Vineyards are teaming up for a winery crawl between the two tasting rooms beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7.
There will be wine and snacks, plus raffle prizes and wine specials announced during the game (which will be shown on HDTVs).
Cost is $10 for the public and free for club members. RSVP at 831-659-2649 or wine@dawnsdreamwinery.com.
Dawn’s is at San Carlos Street and Seventh Avenue. Galante is on Dolores Street between Ocean and Seventh avenues.
MONTEREY
Williams-Sonoma sets February classes
Williams-Sonoma at the Del Monte Shopping Center has announced topics for its February cooking classes.
The free classes are demonstration-style and held 10 to 11 a.m. every Sunday. Feb. 7 is spring rolls, Feb. 14 is smokeless grilling, Feb. 21 is cooking with cast iron and Feb. 28 is Thai cooking techniques.
There is also a “cookbook club” class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. Cost is $75 per person; participants typically receive up to two hours of cooking demonstrations, a three-course tasting menu and a copy of the cookbook. This month, the book is “Lucky Peach.”
Advance registration is required in person or by phone at 831-641-9398. Williams-Sonoma is next to P.F. Chang’s.
CARMEL
Pacific’s Edge sets Valentine’s menu
Pacific’s Edge at Hyatt Carmel Highlands is serving a Valentine’s menu from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14.
Each of the four courses includes a choice from three to five selections. First course highlights include braised pork belly with quince paste and shaved cauliflower/parsley salad. Entrées include slow-cooked short rib with cumin roasted heirloom carrots, Peruvian potato and crispy sunchoke chips or local chanterelle and hazelnut tart with Laura Chenel’s goat cheese.
Cost is $130 per person. Reservations are recommended at 831-622-5445 or pacificsedge.com.
Pacific’s Edge is at 120 Highlands Drive.
MONTEREY
Montrio sets menu for Valentine’s dinner
Montrio Bistro will be serving a special menu on Feb. 14.
The Valentine’s menu dinner for two features Muscovy duck breast with duck rillette, endive, pistachio apple butter, apple gastrique and duck glace. Cost is $49.
Reservations are recommended at 831-648-8880 or montrio.com.
The restaurant is at 414 Calle Principal.
PACIFIC GROVE
Prix fixe menu at Il Vecchio
Il Vecchio will be serving a four-course menu on Valentine’s Day.
First course is a choice between two salads. Second course pasta choices are house-made gnocchi or ravioli. Entrées include tri-tip slow-simmered in Chianti with mushrooms. Cost is $46.
Reservations are recommended at 831-324-4282 or ilvecchiorestaurant.com.
The restaurant is at 110 Central Ave.
SALINAS
Wine-themed talk, book signing
Chef/TV host Narsai David will interview author/wine expert Richard G. Peterson from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, at the Hiram Corey House on River Road.
After the duo discuss the early development of the Monterey wine industry, Peterson will answer questions and sign copies of his book “The Winemaker.” Peterson is president of The Monterey Vineyard and Taylor California Cellars and past president of The American Society for Enology and Viticulture. David is food/wine editor at KCBS in San Francisco.
For more information, call 925-708-4505.
The Hiram Corey House is at 100 River Road at the gateway to the River Road Wine Trail.
Quick Bites, your weekly helping of Monterey County restaurant, food and wine news, is compiled by Tara Fatemi Walker. Contact her at montereyheraldfood@gmail.com.
