Author Laura Werlin will teach a class at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at A Southern Season in Chapel Hill. She won a James Beard award for "Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials."

Werlin will guide a tasting of eight basic cheese styles, demonstrate recipes and offer wine pairing advice.

The cost is $50. To make a reservation, call 929-7133 or go to www.southernseason.com.

Send farmers to Italy

If you want to help send some farmers to Terra Madre, the Slow Food convention in Turin, Italy, consider buying $25 tickets for a chicken dinner Sunday.

Twenty-five dollars gets you a meal cooked by chef Matt Dawes of Table restaurant in Asheville and made from chickens and vegetables from Castle Rock Gardens and Castlemaine Farm. Food will be ready for sit-down or takeout at 4 p.m. Sunday at Castle Rock Gardens, Pittsboro.

The event, which is BYOB, will help send farmers Joann and Brian Gallagher of Castlemaine Farm and Ristin Cooks and Patrick Walsh of Castle Rock Gardens to Italy.

Call 336-376-1025 or 919-636-0832 before Saturday to order a ticket. Tickets must be reserved in advance.

A taste of Italy in Raleigh

Posta Tuscan Grille, the new Italian restaurant in the Raleigh Marriott City Center, will host its first wine dinner Oct. 29.

The restaurant is the first American expansion for chefs/brothers Marco and Gianni Betti, originally from outside Florence, Italy. They already own a restaurant in Atlanta called Antica Posta.

For this event, they will be bringing in Italian winemaker Marchese Ferdinando Frescobaldi, whose wines will be paired with four courses. The cost is $120, including tax. To make a reservation, call 227-3370.

Breakfast in jammies

Parents who have children who never like to get out of their pajamas should mark Oct. 19 on their calendars.

Sweet Tomatoes restaurants are celebrating National Pajama Month by offering a free breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon on that day to any child 12 or younger who comes dressed in pajamas.

The only caveat: The adult with the child has to purchase a meal. Teddy bears, slippers and bed head hair are encouraged.

To find a restaurant near you, go to www.sweettomatoes.com.

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