Culinary calendar
Camp Fire Candy - Pre-orders taken until Friday, with sales through March 20. Varieties available: Creamy Smooth Mint Patties, Almond Roca Buttercrunch, Almond Caramel Clusters, P-Nuttles, Western Trail Mix, and Zingos mints (peppermint or cinnamon). Cost is $5/package, with Zingos two for $5. 747-6191, ext. 19.
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 Sunday.
The World of Syrah - Stain your teeth with one of the darkest red varieties of wine and determine if you agree with the latest wine trendsetters who say this may be Washington’s best grape; today, 6:30 p.m., Vino, 222 S. Washington St. $40/prepaid. 838-1229.
Mood Foods - Learn which foods can balance your moods and stabilize your body chemistry. Also, practice natural ways to overcome food cravings and understand their emotional origin; today, 7-9 p.m., Earth Wisdom Healing Center, 106 E. Third St. No. 3A, Moscow, Idaho. $26. 338-3227.
Cooking Expo - Sponsored by The Spokesman-Review; Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Spokane Convention Center, $7 ($2 discount coupons available at area Rosauers and Everyday Gourmet).
Washington State Red Meritage - Taste wine blends, reservations requested; Friday, 7 p.m., Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave., $22. 343-2253.
Chili Feed - Annual fund-raiser for nonprofit Spokane Potter’s Guild. Come buy a hand-crafted chili bowl and all the chili you can eat. Two sessions, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m., Saturday, Colburn’s Gallery, 811 E. Sprague Ave., $12/bowl, $7/extra bowls. 838-8412.
Romancing the Bean - Class reveals the origin and spread of the coffee bean in which romance and hi-jinks were often the modus operandi, includes seven different coffee samplings. Classes held at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, On Sacred Grounds, 163 S. Lincoln St., $1/class. 747-6294.
Black Tie and Blue Jean Benefit Dinner and Auction - Changing Our Lives Together will host its third annual dinner and auction to benefit an effective prevention program that heads off youth substance abuse and gang violence with the use and reward of an equine experience, Saturday, 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 & Girls Club’s Field of Dreams project; Saturday, 4-8 p.m., Spokane Boys & Girls Club, 544 E. Providence Ave., $5.
Multicultural Fund-raising Dinner - Second annual event presented by The Associated Students of Washington State University and the WSU Office of Equity and Diversity; semiformal dinner, Saturday, 6 p.m., Washington State University, Compton Union Building Ballroom, Pullman, $60/general, $45/students. 335-9676.
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; Tuesday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Spokane Valley Mall. 924-6976.