FOOD
Lunch Is On The House Join Home Gourmet for a free lunch and product demonstration. See the Home Gourmet chefs prepare panko-crusted chicken breast salad with bleu cheese, spinach and walnut vinaigrette, sun-dried tomato biscuits and green apple creme brulee. Free with a $10 deposit towards any purchase. Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 6. Home Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400 or www.homegourmet.cc
Scavenger Hunt At Ovo Have lunch at Ovo and join in the scavenger hunt. Diners receive rhyming clues. Solve the puzzle and be rewarded with prizes. Noon-3 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Ovo in Ybor, 1907 E. Seventh Ave. 813-248-6979.
Couples Are Cookin' Couples work hands-on in the kitchen preparing foods from Spain and Portugal. $45 per person includes food and a glass of wine. 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, June 8 at Home Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400 or www.homegourmet.cc
Thanksgiving Already? Fancy's Specialty Market holds its first Thanksgiving in June. Order your complete Turkey Day dinner for one, or enough turkey, potatoes and gravy, maple candied sweet potatoes, herbed sausage dressing, Gran Marnier cranberry relish, pumpkin pie or pumpkin swirl cheesecake and fruit cobblers to feed the whole clan on Saturday, June 9, at Fancy's Specialty Market, 1003 Fourth St. N., St. Pete. 727-894-5300
Kids Cook For Father's Day Kids 4-7 years old will love making their very own bottled barbecue sauce as a gift for Dad on his day, as well as tasting barbecue chicken, hot fudge cake and orange lemonade. $25 per kid. 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, June 9. Home Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400 or www.homegourmet.cc
Thai it Up In The Kitchen Chef Tin, The Thai Guy, will teach you to prepare crispy spring rolls, watercress soup, chicken green curry and bananas in coconut milk. $35. Noon-2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9. Home Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400 or www.homegourmet.cc
Kids Cooking Summer Camp Kids 8-14 years old will love spending a week in Summer Camp Kitchen, learning to prepare delicious new dishes each day and serving Mom or Dad a delicious lunch on Friday. $139.99 per kid for the week. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 11-15, at Home Gourmet, 471 Main St., Dunedin. 727-736-6400 or www.homegourmet.cc
WINE
Wines From The Right Bank Take a taste trip through the wines of Bordeaux where Merlot is King. $50. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Wines By Morrell Florida, 2009 N. 22nd St., Tampa. 813-241-8587.
Fancy Wine Tasting Join Fancy's every Friday for a free wine tasting 3:30-6:30 p.m. at Fancy's Specialty Market, 1003 Fourth St. N., St. Pete. 727-894-5300.
The Grape Escape Join Jack Kocak, The Wine Professor, every Friday 4-7:30 p.m. for a free tasting of wines from around the world at The Grapevine at Westchase, 12125 W. Linebaugh Ave., Tampa. 813-818-9463.
Wine Down After Your Work Week Join the folks at Grand Cru Wine Cellar, home of the world's best stinky cheeses, for a work week wine down, every Friday 6-9 p.m. $12 with a $5 coupon toward purchase. Grand Cru Wine Cellar, 11724 N. Dale Mabry (inside Main Street Shopping Center) in Tampa. 813-269-8463.
This article appears in May 31 – Jun 6, 2001.