Dinner comes with German beer

J. Betski's, Raleigh's highly regarded Polish nouveau restaurant, hosts its first beer dinner on April 28. The 7 p.m. dinner will feature the award-winning brews of Michael Plank, a small German brewery. For $59 per person, excluding tax and gratuity, the meal includes a pretzel and sausage platter paired with a Bavarian Hefeweizen; mussels with currywurst and radish-watercress salad paired with a Bavarian Heller Doppelbock; roasted pork and spiced pineapple confit with sauerkraut and sweet mustard jus paired with a Bavarian Weizenbock; and braised beef cheek with smoky lentils and a Bavarian Dunkler Weizenbock.

For more information or a reservation, go to www.jbetskis.com or call (919) 833-7999.

Dine and fight hunger

On April 29, you can help fight hunger by dining at one of about 10 local restaurants, including Bella Italia in Wake Forest and Casa Carbone Ristorante on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. Up to 20 percent of your bill will be donated to Catholic Charities Food Pantry. For all participating restaurants, go to www.cporaleigh.org or call (919) 873-0245, extension 230.

Curries to favor

Raghavan Iyer, who won the Teacher of the Year title from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, will be cooking at A Southern Season on April 29 and 30. Iyer will prepare recipes from his new cookbook, "660 Curries." The April 29 class costs $40, and the April 30 class costs $50. Both classes start at 6 p.m. For lists of the dishes Iyer will make during each class or to buy a ticket, go to www.southernseason.com or call (877) 929-7133.

The market in Siler City

We missed one farmers market on our list last week: The Siler City Farmers Market meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at 118 W. Second St. in downtown Siler City. We also misstated one market's location: On Wednesdays, the Hillsborough Farmers Market meets from 4 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot at 241 S. Churton St. just south of the new Cardinal State Bank; and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at 128 N. Churton St. in the Sun Trust parking lot. 732-8315, www.hillsboroughfarmersmarket.org.

Chatham County extension agent Debbie Roos' Web site has an excellent of farmers markets: http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/otherareamarkets.html