Fusion chef, Telemundo star cooking at Belk

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CORRECTION

A brief in Wednesday's Life, etc., section misstated chef Lorena Garcia's role in Miami restaurant Elements Tierra. Garcia no longer owns the restaurant.

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Telemundo star chef Lorena Garcia will be cooking this weekend at local Belk stores to highlight her new line of cookware and housewares products. Garcia, a Johnson & Wales culinary school graduate, has trained all over the world and owns a fusion restaurant, Elements Tierra, in Miami.

At 1 p.m. Sunday, she will be at Belk in The Streets of Southpoint in Durham, then at 3:30 p.m. at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. Each demonstration will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Grocer fights breast cancer

Buying your fruits and veggies at Harris Teeter grocery stores can help raise money for breast cancer research.

All month, "Pink Ribbon Produce" will be clearly marked in all Harris Teeter stores, and a portion of those sales will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure local affiliates.

C'est Halloween, kiddies

C'est Si Bon cooking school in Chapel Hill is offering a Halloween-themed cooking class for children Oct. 25.

The class is designed for children ages 8 to 14 with beginning to intermediate cooking skills. The class runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and costs $75. For more information or to make a reservation, call 942-6550.

Fearrington wine club

The Fearrington House has introduced a monthly wine club.

For $50, you get three bottles of wine chosen by wine director Maximilian Kast each month, plus a $5 discount on all wine tastings at The Belted Goat cafe. One hundred dollars delivers six bottles to suit your tastes, food-pairing suggestions, a recipe from the executive chef and the same $5 discount on wine tastings. Finally, $250 gets you six bottles of small-production or hard-to-find wines, food-pairing ideas, a recipe, the wine-tasting discount and a 10 percent discount on all Fearrington House wine dinners.

To sign up or for more information, call 542-2121.