Culinary calendar
Girl Scout Cookie Sale - Pre-order sales are through Monday; direct and booth sales March 25-April 21. 747-8091, ext. 211.
Monster Whites – Taste big, white wines; reservations requested; Friday, 7 p.m., Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave, $20. 343-2253.
Gourmet Winemaker Dinner - Semiformal Cancer Patient Care fund-raiser; Saturday, 6 p.m., Spokane Club, $125/person, $750/table. 456-0446.
Burgers with a Heart - Fifth annual charity fund-raiser to benefit the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Red Robin will donate 50 cents from every gourmet burger sold through Feb. 27.
The World of Syrah - Stain your teeth with one of the darkest red varieties and determine if you agree with the latest wine trendsetters who say this may be Washington’s best grape; next Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Vino, 222 S. Washington St., $40/prepaid. 838-1229.
Washington State Red Meritage – Featuring Washington wine blends; reservations requested; Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd, $22. 343-2253.
Black Tie and Blue Jean Benefit Dinner and Auction - Changing Our Lives Together will host its third annual dinner and auction to benefit a youth substance abuse and gang violence prevention program with the use and reward of a horse experience; Feb. 26, 5 p.m.-midnight, Red Lion Hotel at the Park, $28/person, $200/table of 8. 926-2276.
Field of Dreams Spaghetti Dinner - Sponsored by the East Spokane and West Valley Kiwanis Clubs, to support The Boys and Girls Club’s Field of Dreams project; Feb. 26, 4-8 p.m., Spokane Boys & Girls Club, 544 E. Providence. $5.
March For Meals Walkathon - National campaign raising public awareness of senior hunger and raising funds and recruiting volunteers for Spokane Valley Meals on Wheels home delivered meal program and senior lunch programs; March 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Spokane Valley Mall. 924-6976.
Winter Wine Dinner - Presented by The Inland Northwest Culinary Academy. Four-course meal with educational commentary by John Allen, proprietor of Vino! A Wine Shop. There will also be a silent auction coordinated by the Culinary Arts Knowledge Bowl Club to fund travel to competitions; March 4, 6:30 p.m., Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St., $60. 533-7283.