Culinary calendar

Bourbon Street Jazz Feast – Providence Holy Family Hospital’s Take Five cafeteria and Café Fresca will host its annual Mardi Gras theme meal. Homemade beignets will be served in addition to the normal breakfast meal from 6:30-9:45 a.m. Lunch and dinner offerings include grilled bourbon pork chops, blackened tuna with black-eyed pea salsa, catfish po’boy sandwich, Big Easy pizza, barbecued pulled pork sandwich, succotash or fried okra.  Homemade bread pudding with bourbon sauce will be the featured dessert; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:45-7:30 p.m. Today. Holy Family Hospital, 5633 N. Lidgerwood St. (509) 482-0111.

Kids at Heart Charity Lunch - Proceeds benefit Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Guest speaker is Rachael Scdoris, the first legally blind athlete to complete the Iditarod sled dog race. Reservations requested. Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. $100/person. (509) 474-2819.

Dine with Style: Etiquette Dinner - Sponsored by the University of Idaho. Enjoy a six-course meal while learning professional dining etiquette. Contact the Career Center at (208) 885-6121. Thursday, 5 p.m., University of Idaho, Student Union Building Ballroom, 709 Deakin Ave., Moscow, Idaho.

Annual Hobo Dinner - Sponsored by the Hillyard Heritage Museum Society. Featuring Mulligan stew and pie plant dessert. Proceeds will be used to make improvements to Hillyard Heritage Square and to establish a virtual museum website. Tickets available at; Cops Northeast, 5208 N. Market St.; Greenburo, 5220 N. Market St.; and Hillyard Variety, 5009 N. Market St. Friday, 5:30-8 p.m., St. Patrick, 2706 E. Queen Ave. $10/adults, $6/age 9 and younger. (509) 483-2383.

Taste Spokane - Food and beverage tasting event to benefit Wishing Star Foundation. Friday, 6-10 p.m., Northern Quest Resort and Casino, 100 N. Hayford Road, Airway Heights. $30. (509) 744-3411.

Taste of the Palouse - Fourth annual event held on Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. This free fair will provide an opportunity for customers to meet and talk with the people who make many of the local products sold at the Moscow Food Co-op, and to sample those products. Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. Fifth St., Moscow, Idaho. Free. (208) 882-8537.

Dinner and Auction - Dinner at 5 p.m., auction at 6. Benefits a drug-free all-night event for the Timberlake High School 2011 graduates. Saturday, Timberlake High School, Spirit Lake, Idaho. $5. (208) 623-6900.

An Evening in Venice - Authentic Italian dinner prepared by an Italian chef, Guglielmo Gentilini, and his son Giovani Gentilini. Dinner and silent auction will benefit Seek God Ministries in Olongapo, Philippines. The group assists children living on the street and provides a home for as many as they can accommodate. Saturday, 5 p.m., The Gateway, 1165 W. Ironwood Drive, Coeur d’Alene. $20/general, $10/age 10 and younger. (208) 667-8527.

Wine, Stein and Dine - Samples offered by local restaurants, wineries and breweries, along with a silent auction. The money raised by the admission tickets and a silent auction are pooled and teachers from the Post Falls School District have the option of writing a mini-grant for their classrooms. Saturday, 7-10 p.m., Greyhound Park Events Center, Post Falls. $45/advance, $60/door. (208) 661-5622 or (208) 773-1658.

Breakfast for Haiti Fundraiser - 9 a.m.-noon. Includes pancakes, eggs, fruit, yogurt and beverages. Funds benefit “Farming is Life” agricultural program of LaGonave, Haiti. Sponsored by Paloma Institute. Sunday, 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow, Idaho. $10/suggested donation at the door. (208) 874-7024.