Culinary Calendar

Evening of Wine and Music - Select wines from Argentina and Italy. Music by the Tedesca String Quartet. Thursday. 4-7 p.m., Prago, An Argentine Cafe, corner of Riverside Avenue and Browne Street. (509) 443-0404.

Get Down Under - Full flavored reds and whites from Australia, an incredibly fast growing wine region. Reservations and prepayment requested. Friday. 7 p.m., Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. $20. (509) 343-2253.

Torsk Anniversary Dinner and Dance - Dinner includes creamy cole slaw, cod with herbed white sauce, red potatoes and vegetables, rolls and butter and riskrem with lingonberries. 5:30 p.m., social hour; 6:30, dinner; followed by dancing featuring live music by Uncle Harold’s Band. Friday. Sons of Norway Tordenskjold Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. $12.50. Reservations must be made by today. (509) 326-9211.

Green Bluff Apple Festival - Held each Saturday and Sunday through October. Enjoy a large variety of apples, fresh-pressed cider and other produce. Also find live music, food, craft booths, corn and straw mazes and animals. A map of Green Bluff growers can be found online at www.greenbluffgrowers.com. Maps also are available at Yoke’s Fresh Markets, local library branches and each Green Bluff farm.

Book Signing of “Zen and the Art of Cooking Beer-Can Chicken” - By author Cary Black at local Hastings stores. Saturday, 4-6 p.m., 2512 E. 29th Ave.; and Oct. 7, time to be announced, 101 Best Ave. in Coeur d’Alene. (509) 327-6008, 535-4342 or (208) 664-0464.

Chocolate Afternoon Tea - Registration requested. Saturday. 2-3:30 p.m., The Vintage Truffle, 101 E. Nora Ave. $19.99. (509) 466-7171.

Elks Lodge Luau - Dinner buffet, 6-7:30 p.m.; dancing with live music by Good & Plenty, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Elks Lodge. Reservations required. Saturday. Elks Lodge, 2605 N. Robie Road. $15/person. (509) 926-2328.

Idaho Old Time Fiddlers Benefit Pancake Breakfast - A fundraiser for the Humane Society of the Palouse. Saturday. 8-11 a.m., Latah County Fairgrounds, Grange Community Kitchen, 1021 Harold St., Moscow. (208) 882-1525.

Washington State Apple Harvest Festival - Kids’ Day in Centennial Park includes face painting, live entertainment, Pacific Science Center shows, Valentine’s Performing Pigs, apple arts and crafts, apple pie eating contest, tractor-drawn wagon rides and the “Fruit Loop” 1K run for kids and 10K run for adults. Saturday. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wenatchee. (509) 662-0059.

71st Annual Greek Festival - Sept. 28-30. Enjoy lunch served daily at 11 a.m., and dinner served 4:30-8 p.m., along with pastries, souvlakia, taverna, dancing coffee, deli, imports and Orthodox Book Store. 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington. $12/adults, $6/ages 12 and younger. (509) 328-9310.

Healing Foods Cooking Class - For cancer survivors, family members and friends. Learn how to cook natural, whole foods. Sept. 28. 5:30-8 p.m. Holy Family Hospital, 5633 N. Lidgerwood St., Health Education Room 1. Free. (509) 474-5490.

Community Dinner - Presented by the Moscow (Idaho) Food Co-op. Menu consists of roasted figs with gorgonzola and honey balsamic reduction, butternut squash fritters with sage creme fraiche, house-smoked salmon streusel, cilantro and roasted tomatillo coulis, warmed white bean salad, sunken chocolate souffle with mint ice cream. Sept. 28. 6:30 p.m., 121 E. Fifth St., Moscow. $24. (208) 882-8537.

Presidential Lunches at Orlando’s at SCC - Five-course meals prepared by graduating students as part of their final project. Held Fridays, Sept. 29-Oct. 20, Nov. 3 and 17. Reservations and prepayment required. 11:30 a.m., Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. $16.50. (509) 533-7283.

South America Especial - Wines from Argentina and Chile. Reservations and prepayment requested. Sept. 29. 7 p.m., Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. $22. (509) 343-2253.

Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture and the New American Farmer - Guy Evans learns that his father is on the verge of losing the family farm in Wenatchee, the “Apple Capital of the World.” Sept. 30. 7 p.m., The Met Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. Admission $3/free for students. Tickets are available at Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. and Humble Earth Market, 4726 N. Oak St. (509) 951-4361.