Culinary calendar

28th Annual Brewers Dinner - Hosted by Hills’ Restaurant and Lounge. Featuring a five-course meal with beers from Oskar Blues Brewery of Lyons, Colo. Reservations are required. Today. 7 p.m., Hills’ Restaurant and Lounge, 401 W. Main Ave. $56 per person, includes tax and gratuity. (509) 747-3946.

Food for Awakening Holistic Cooking and Nutrition Series - Thursday, Enlighten Your Digestive Fire. 4-5:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required. For more information, visit www.savortheelements.com. Spokane Yoga Shala, 505 E. 24th Ave.

Food Preservation Workshops - Workshops will discuss how to can, freeze or prepare foods for drying. Classes include: Saturday, Pickles and Sweet Corn; and Aug. 28, Chutneys, Relishes and Pesto. All classes begin at noon. E-mail outreach@moscowfood.coop to register or call Carol at (208) 669-0763. Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. Fifth St., Moscow, Idaho. $15 per class.

Wine Tastings at Huckleberry’s - Friday, 5-7 p.m., boxed wine tasting on the patio, drop-in tasting, $5 per flight of five wines; Aug. 26 at 7 p.m., Maison Joseph Drouhin Burgundies in the Bistro, tickets can be purchased at courtesy booth, $20. Huckleberry’s Natural Market, 926 S. Monroe St. (509) 624-1349.

Food Distribution - Second Harvest will distribute free food and fresh produce from its mobile food bank truck to anyone who needs it. No appointment or documentation is required and the distribution does not count as a food bank visit. Those seeking food are asked to bring their own box. Friday, noon-2 p.m., Millwood Presbyterian Church, 3223 N. Marguerite Road. (509) 924-2350.

Peach Festival - Weekends through Sept. 6. Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for map of growers. Green Bluff, Mead.

What to do with Wheat - Learn how to use wheat berries to create pancakes, sprouts, chili and nutritious snack foods. Registration is required. Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh Ave. $24-$38, includes supplies. (509) 625-6200.

National Lentil Festival - Aug. 20-22. Aug. 22 free lentil chili, live music, arts and crafts, tasting tent, food, information booths, and games; Aug. 21: lentil pancake breakfast, grand parade, lentil cook off, kids stage, live music. Aug. 22: golf tournament at Palouse Ridge Golf Club. Visit www.lentilfest.com. Downtown Pullman. Free admission to festival. (800) 365-6948.