If last week's package on canning inspired you to learn more, local cooking instructor Detra Denay Davis is offering a series of canning classes at Reedy Creek Middle School in Cary. Here is the schedule:

• 7 p.m. Sept. 3, Summer Harvest Preserves and Marmalades.
• 7 p.m. Sept. 4, Summer Harvest Jams.
• 7 p.m. Sept. 8, Summer Harvest Jellies.
• 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Summer Harvest Chutneys.

Each class costs $75 and lasts at most three hours. For information or to register for the classes, contact Davis at 412-9158. To see what other cooking classes are being taught at Wake County schools, go to: http://cs.wcpss.net/lifelonglearning.php.

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In our El Greco package, I left out the phone numbers for several of Giorgios Bakatsias' Durham restaurants. Here's the information again; reservations are recommended:

Vita, Erwin Square, 2200 W. Main St., is offering a $14 all-inclusive Spanish wine and tapas meal on Monday nights. For reservations, call 286-9755.

George's Garage, 737 Ninth St., is offering a $16 all-inclusive Spanish wine and tapas meal on Tuesday nights. Call 286-4131.

Parizade, Erwin Square, 2200 W. Main St., is serving $29 Spanish-themed wine dinners every Wednesday night. For reservations, call 286-9712

And finally, Vin Rouge, 2010 Hillsborough Road, will be serving a diverse array of Spanish wines and tapas every Thursday evening. Call 416-0466.

Wine and barbecue!

A Southern Season is hosting an event this Saturday offering wine pairings with both eastern and western North Carolina styles of barbecue. The wine and barbecue taste-off costs $23 and starts at 6 p.m.

To buy tickets, call 877-929-7133 or go to www.southernseason.com.

Fig festival

Fans of Pittsboro potter Siglinda Scarpa may not realize that she runs a shelter for homeless cats called The Goathouse Refuge.

On Sept. 13, Scarpa is hosting the Fabulous Fig Festival to benefit the shelter on a 16-acre farm near Pittsboro. The event includes a buffet of 13 dishes containing figs and each attendee will receive an original Scarpa gelato cup to take home. Tickets to the event cost $78 per person or $145 per couple.

To buy tickets or for more information, go to www.goathouserefuge.org/figfestival.html.

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