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Food file

A look at what's happening around the bay area.

By PEGGY ANDERS
Published June 22, 2005

Special events

BELLINI AND BANFI: 6:30 p.m. Thur., Bellini Restaurant, 487 Main St., Dunedin. Banfi Vintners pairs wine with five-course Italian dinner. $100 per person. Call (727) 733-5449 to RSVP.

BACKFIN BLUE WINE DINNER: 7-7:30 p.m. reception, dinner follows Tues., Backfin Blue Cafe, 2913 Beach Blvd., Gulfport. Wines from Hogue Cellars, Toasted Head, Jackson Triggs, R.H. Phillips paired with dinner; $49.95, plus tax and gratuity. Call (727) 343-2583 to RSVP.

BEAM'S BOURBON DINNER: 7 p.m. July 1, Columbia Restaurant, 2117 E Seventh Ave., Ybor City. Multicourse dinner pairs Columbia's cuisine with Jim Beam bourbon and a short history of bourbonmaking presented by great-grandson of Jim Beam, Frederick Booker Noe III; $50 inclusive. Call (813) 248-4961.

TAMPA BAY VEGETARIANS: 7 p.m. Tue., Trang Viet Cuisine, 1524 E Fowler Ave., Tampa. Vietnamese dinner; after-dinner speaker Theo Tillson on the benefits of organic foods; $12.50, plus $2 for nonmembers, includes tax and tip. RSVP required by noon Sat.; call (727) 461-2636 or (813) 269-4665.

PROSE AND PINOT: 6-8 p.m. today, Raymond James Community Room, Salvador Dali Museum, 1000 Third St. S, St. Petersburg. "Wine & Song" series presents poetry readings and wine tasting with light snacks; $15, $5 for museum mambers. Call (727) 823-3767, ext. 3024, to RSVP.

GREEK TREASURES: 6:30 p.m. Fri., Uncorked Fine Wines and Accessories, 2706 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. Wines from Greece; $10. Proceeds benefit St. Petersburg Free Clinic. Call (727) 892-9463.

"FIONA FIZZ": 7-8:30 Fri., Got Wine, 662 Main St., Dunedin. Italian sparkling wine from Martini & Rossi, presented by "Fiona Fizz," plus Camelot syrah and pinot noir from California, Edmeades Mendocino zinfandel from California, Marques de Concha cabernet from Chile and more in free sampling. Call (727) 736-4077.

VINTAGE BIRTHDAY: 7-9 p.m. Fri., Vintage Wine Cellars, 3629 Henderson Blvd., Tampa. Twelfth anniversary birthday bash wine sampling includes Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2001 Fine Roches, Mount Veeder 2001 Napa cabernet sauvignon, Kreydenweiss 2002 riesling, Laurent-Perrier brut champagne; $15. Call (813) 879-2931.

WORLDWIDE WINES: 7:30 p.m. Fri., Charlie's Wine Bar, 533 S Howard Ave., Tampa. Champagnes and wines from Australia, Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Italy, California and elsewhere, plus domestic and European beers; $15 advance, $20 at door. Call 813 250-1967 or visit www.charlieswine.com

CHALK HILL WINES: 6:30 p.m. Sat., Apron's Cooking School at Publix Supermarket at Shoppes of Citrus Park, 7835 Gunn Highway, Tampa. Tasting of varieties from Sonoma's Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards paired with food; $40. Call (813) 926-4465.

"ZIGNATURE' WINE TASTING: 5-8 p.m. Sun., St. Bart's Island House, 1502 S Howard Ave., Tampa. Krewe of Zingaro benefit wine tasting with wines from around the world, food samplings, silent auction, all to benefit Children's Cancer Research Group at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital; $35 advance, $40 at door. Call 813 831-1011 or visit www.uncorkthecure.org

FRENCH CLASSICS: 6:30-8 p.m. Mon., Bern's Fine Wines & Spirits, in the Brick Room at SideBern's, 1002 S Howard Ave., Tampa. Summer Tasting class explores classic wines of France, led by David Black; $25. RSVP required; call (813) 250-9463.

REFRESHING RIESLINGS: Anytime between 6 and 8 p.m. Tue., A Taste for Wine, 241 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. German rieslings from Dr. Loosen, Dr. Thannisch, J.J. Prum, Baron Knyphausen and more; $16. To RSVP, call (727) 895-1623.

VERSATILE VINAIGRETTES: 7-8 p.m. today, 10-11 a.m. Thur., Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N MacDill Ave., Tampa. Learn how to add new flavors to salads in free vegetarian class. Call (813) 873-7428.

ALL ABOUT SHRIMP: Apron's Cooking School at Publix Supermarket at Shoppes of Citrus Park, 7835 Gunn Highway, Tampa. All About Shrimp class, 6:30 p.m. Fri.; $35. Call (813) 926-4465 to RSVP.

HEART-HEALTHY COOKING: 11 a.m. Sat., Nature's Food Patch, 1225 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Vegetable soup and fruit-drink desserts, plus low fat, nutrition-dense foods based on Dean Ornish's Program For Reversing Heart Disease in Heart Healthy Cooking demonstration with Lee and Marvin Silverstein; free. Call (727) 443-6703.

LA MAISON LESSONS: La Maison Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. Summer salads class, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tue., $39.50; Italian Specialties class, 6:30-9 p.m. June 29, $45; or Shellfish class, 6:30-9 p.m. June 30, $39.50. Call (727) 736-3070 to RSVP.

TEMPTING TEMPEH: 7-8 p.m. June 29, 10-11 a.m. June 30, Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N MacDill Ave., Tampa. Vegetarian cooking class with Chef Debby DeGraaff; free. Call (813) 873-7428.

Send news of coming events at least two weeks in advance of the publication date to Food File, the Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.

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