The Week In Eats

by Amy Strauss

Sam Calagione, owner of Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewery, is fond of mixing peculiar ingredients (candied orange, smashed pumpkin, dark chocolate) into his signature brews. Bridget Foy's will feature Calagione's carbonated oddities at a four-course beer dinner. The menu includes curried pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds, crispy calamari salad with garlic chili vinaigrette, venison osso bucco with porcini risotto and chocolate banana layer cake. The dishes will be paired, of course, with Dogfish's Midas Golden Touch, which features hints of muskrat grapes and saffron, the citrus- and cedar-flavored 60 Minute IPA, the malty Indian Brown Ale and the sweet-rum-like World Wide Stout. Bridget Foy's, 200 South St., 215-922-1813.

Eileen Talanian, owner of An American Kitchen, will transform occasional nibblers into chocolatiers through a morning of intensive dessert baking. Believing that "butter is better," the chef will whip up chocolate truffles, "Death by Chocolate" brownies, a rich cocoa-mocha sauce, double-chocolate bread pudding and peppermint bark, a seasonal favorite. Shipley Upper School, 814 Yarrow St., Bryn Mawr, 610-649-9290.

Fresh off the release of Aloha Cuisine (Mutual Publishing), chef Sam Choy will visit Cork to sign copies and serve his Japanese-Chinese-, Korean- and Polynesian-influenced take on Hawaiian cuisine. On the menu: Tahitian crabmeat soup, glazed baby back ribs with kimchi fried rice, ginger-crusted opakapaka and caramelized pineapple custard cake. Cork Restaurant, 90 Haddon Ave., Westmont, N.J., 856-833-9800.

This Art Museum event should hop to the top of the to-do list for Deutsch beer lovers. As art junkies dissect the subtleties of August Sande's prints and Master of Messkirch's saintly altarpieces, Marnie Old will pour an array of German brews, including dark, succulent draughts and food-friendly ales. They'll be accompanied by sausages, salami, cheese and pretzels. The beer list includes Ayinger Brau-Weisse, Wurzburger "Julius Echter" Dunkel-Weisse, Bitburger Pilsner, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Pinkus Alt and Paulaner "Salvator" Doppelbock. Museum Restaurant, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-235-7469.

Carl Minardo's team at the Evesham Education Foundation organizes this long-running event, which will be attended by more than 1,000 vintage sellers. The annual wine tasting will feature Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone, Champagne and Sonoma varietals, among others. Don't think your stomachs will go empty: The cost covers butlered hors d'oeuvres, a pasta station, pepper-crusted roast beef and tons more beverages. A $140 VIP sampling starts at 5 p.m., at which you'll receive a crystal wine glass to sip the night away. Proceeds benefit South Jersey's Genesis Counseling Program. The Mansion at Main Street, Evesham Road, Voorhees, N.J., 856-596-7000, ext. 10.