Tuesday — Rosemont is holding a Port Tasting at their Commercial Street location.
Wednesday — Outliers is holding a French wine dinner.
Thursday — Wendy & Eric Brown, authors of Browsing Nature’s Aisles will be at Longfellow Books for a talk and book signing, and The Great Lost Bear will be showcasing beer from Funky Bow.
Friday — the Bar of Chocolate Cafe is hosting a “absinthe spoon show” called Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Founder for First Friday Art Walk.
Saturday — Vena’s Fizz House is teaching a bitters workshop, and the Winter Farmers Market is taking place at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Anderson Street.
Sunday — the 20th Annual Great Chili and Chowder Challenge is taking place at the Holiday Inn by the Bay.
For more information on these and other upcoming food happenings in the area, visit the event calendar.
If you are holding a food event this week that’s not listed above, publicize it by adding it as a comment to this post.
Dean’s Sweets open house & photo show this Friday:
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dean’s Sweets Chocolatier and Melissa Mullen Photography will share a chocolate tasting alongside portraits of love in an open house on First Friday, Feb 7, 5p.m.-8p.m. at Dean’s Sweets at 82 Middle St., Portland.
Dean and Kristin Bingham of Dean’s Sweets will offer a tasting of all 28 truffles, caramels, and buttercreams, free to all who come by. The samples will complement a showcase of Melissa Mullen’s stunning images of loving families, elegant weddings, awesome kids, and of course, sumptuous chocolate.