Culinary calendar
Demos at The Kitchen Engine - Thursday and Dec. 23, learn different ways to make coffee, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Friday and Sunday, sample olive oil from Angelina Olive Oil of Spokane, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Dec. 22, DOMA Coffee, 9 a.m.-noon; Monday, Dec. 20, 4:30-6 p.m., Free Appetizer Demo by Chef Elijah Dalager, including spring rolls, artichoke-stuffed won ton cups, stuffed mushrooms and a non-alcoholic cranberry lime spritzer. The Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon No. 416. (509) 328-3335
Senior Christmas Lunch - Sponsored by the Post Falls Lions. Call or sign up at the center. Today at noon, Post Falls Senior Center, 1215 E. Third St., Post Falls. Free. (208) 773-9582
No-guilt Holiday Cooking Class - Vegetarian/vegan recipes and plant-based lifestyle ideas taught by Alyce Ispirescu, Rhonda Backman and Dr. Sorin Ispirescu. Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m., Pilgrim’s Market, 1316 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene. $5/includes recipes and samplers. (208) 676-9730
Tasteful Thursdays - Enjoy live music while sampling a variety of food, plus in-chair massages, gift-making ideas with recipes and in-store demonstrations. Thursday: Lois Blackburn with Melinda Schab and David Christian, cello duets; Dec. 23: Lucas Kreikemeyer, fingerstyle Latin-influenced guitar. 5-7 p.m. Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. Fifth St., Moscow. (208) 882-8537
Breakfast with Santa - Enjoy a festive morning complete with a hot catered breakfast, holiday entertainment and a visit from Santa Claus. Photos with Santa will be taken and given to all participants. Saturday, 9 a.m., Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth Ave. $15/person, $25/two people. (509) 953-5731
Free Community Christmas Dinner - Dec. 25, 2-5 p.m., Cabinet Mountain Calvary Chapel, 136 Calvary Way, Clark Fork, Idaho. Free. (208) 266-1911
Chocolate Tasting - Sample chocolates from around the world. Dec. 29, 7-8 p.m., Chocolate Apothecary, 621 W. Mallon Ave. $15; register online at www.chocolateapothecary.com. (509) 324-2424
Pancake Breakfast - Served the second Sunday of each month. Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-noon, McIntosh Grange, First and Lake streets, Rockford, Wash. $4/adults, $2/age 10 and younger. (509) 535-1165
Winter Market - Sponsored by Heart of the Arts, featuring food, crafts, children’s activities, art and more. Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow, Idaho. (208) 882-0443