WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28

Legit Italian Beef Sandwiches at LloydMartin
Awww. Chef Sam Crannell is a Chicago guy, and celebrating his birthday by serving his hometown's signature drippy roast beef sandwich, topped with house sweet peppers and giardiniera and enclosed in proper Gonnella rolls flown in from the Windy City. Sandwiches hit the menu at 5pm, and Crannell's not making many. 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29

French Taters Class with Thierry Rautureau
Chef Thierry Rautureau, he of the perpetual hat, will be highlighting the humble potato at his buddy Tom Douglas's cooking school, The Hot Stove Society, at Hotel Andra from 6 to 8pm. He will show you three classic French preparations of the humble tuber: potato vichyssoise, potato galette (with duck confit and watercress salad), and potato puree (served with roasted beef tongue, mushroom, and Madeira sauce). This cooking class/French dinner includes French wines and is $115 per person.

Rise of the Centaur Cellar Fest at Toronado
What sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster starring Russell Crowe is actually an epic gathering of barrel-aged, sour, and otherwise uncommon cellar-worthy beers at Toronado Seattle. Here's the full rundown of the brews.

Modernist Cuisine’s Maxime Bilet Makes Dinner
Part retail storefront, part culinary arts think tank, and part mad scientist...educational food lab, Art for Food is chef Maxime Bilet’s playground. Joining Modernist Cuisine coauthor in the kitchen are brother chefs Seth and Zachary Pacleb for “The Foundations” dinner series, billed as an evening of imaginative cooking, food science, and storytelling. More details await on Facebook and tickets are $175.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31

Belgianfest
As the title implies, this massive annual beer festival features Belgian-style ales from about 40 different Washington breweries. Some of these breweries don’t typically make Belgian-style beers for their regular lineup, so now is the time to be the cool person who drinks limited-edition brews. There’s also an impressive list of food vendors to help you with your second wind. Belgianfest tickets are $35. More details at Washington Beer.

Creole and Cajun Cooking Class with Green Plate Special
We’re still reeling from Kingfish Cafe’s closure, but chef Jemil Aziz Johnson of his eponymous Jemil’s Big Easy food truck offers some solace in the Green Plate Special teaching kitchen. Learn to make classic creole and Cajun dishes like jambalaya and crawfish etouffée. Though Green Plate Special is a nonprofit for youth cooking and gardening programs (to which a portion of the proceeds will go toward), this is for adults 21 and over. Class runs from 3 to 6pm, and tickets are $40 per person.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Super Bowl XLIX all day, everywhere. Meanwhile 12s pay homage to the Seahawks with quirky food tributes.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Mescal Tasting at Mezcaleria Oaxaca
Mescal has quickly become the golden child of Seattle's spirits scene; case in point this class and artisanal tasting at the restaurant’s Capitol Hill location. Mezcaleria Oaxaca is hosting sixth-generation mezcalero Asis Cortes to hold forth on the history and production of the spirit. This edifying session is $30, includes a tasting of mescal from Oaxaca’s Santiago Matalàn region and light snacks. Email to reserve your spot.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

How to Cook a Wolf hosts La Spinetta Winery
Helping to make your Tuesday feel a little less like you have three more workdays is a wine dinner at Ethan Stowell’s Italian outpost in Queen Anne. Visiting Italian winemaker Giorgio Rivetti of La Spinetta wines will be present to chat vino throughout the four-course meal. There will be cold-smoked Albacore tuna crudo, brown butter ravioli with goat cheese, and roast leg of lamb to name a few—all of which beg for a glass of Nebbiolo or Barolo. Dinner is at 6:30pm and is $115 per person. 

Bell and Whete Popup Dinners Continue…
…This time with chef Manny Arce of Poquitos doing a casual, family-style dinner at this medieval euro restaurant. Tonight he's straying from his usual Mexican fare to cook Italian, highlighting fresh ingredients in dishes like shaved Brussels sprouts with Pecorino, orecchiette with pistachio and Parmiggiano, and housemade sausage with pickled cherry peppers. Tickets are just $45 per person.