Restaurant News and Food Events

B.R. COHN WINE DINNER
On June 25, taste the newly released wines from B.R. Cohn at a five-course dinner with winemaker Dan Cohn at Napa Valley Grille, Garden State Plaza, 95 Route 17 South, Paramus. 6:30 to 9:30 PM; $125 including tax and gratuity. For menu information and reservations call 201-845-5555.

SLOW FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
On June 28, the Slow Food and Wine Festival 2008 will be held at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington. Some of the participating restaurants are Brothers Moon, Christopher’s Restaurant at the Heldrich, High Street Grill, Tre Piani, and Za Restaurant. Featured along with cooking demonstrations and wine seminars will be cheeses from local artisans, fresh-baked breads, a farmers’ market, honey producers, and flowers and plants. Cookbook authors will be on hand, and wines from several New Jersey wineries will be available for sampling. Noon to 5 PM; $25 in advance; $30 at door. Admission includes a wine tasting, a souvenir wine glass, parking, cooking demonstrations, and wine seminars; food will be available at a nominal fee. For more information and tickets call 866-HVV-WINE.


HAWAIIAN SHIRTS WELCOME, GRASS SKIRTS OPTIONAL
On June 27, a Caribbean luau will be held at Renault Winery Resort & Golf, 72 North Bremen Avenue, Egg Harbor City. 6:30 PM; $75 plus tax and gratuity. For reservations call 609-965-2111.



DINING DEALS

Tbones, Bridgewater Marriott Hotel, 700 Commons Way, Bridgewater, is offering a fixed-price lunch for $15.95. For more information and reservations call 908-482-0007.

On June 24 and 25, an Off the Hook promotion highlighting the culinary diversity of seafood and featuring a four-course menu for $30 will be held by the following South Jersey restaurants: A Little Cafe (Haddonfield), Andreotti’s Viennese Cafe (Cherry Hill), Blueplate (Mullica Hill), Emerald Fish (Cherry Hill), Filomena’s (Berlin), High Street Grill (Mount Holly), Joe Palombo’s Mirabella Cafe (Cherry Hill), Tortilla Press (Collingswood), and Tortilla Press Cantina (Pennsauken). For more information go to www.sjoffthehook.com.

FOOD EVENTS

6/20: A Bordeaux Wines of the Century dinner will be held in the wine cellar at Restaurant Latour, Crystal Springs Resort, 1 Wild Turkey Way, Hardyston. $1,000 plus tax and gratuity. For more information and reservations call 973-827-0548.

6/21: The Garden State Craft Brewers Guild’s Twelfth Annual Beer Festival will be held on the Battleship New Jersey, 62 Battleship Pl, Camden. Noon to 4 PM; $40. Ages 21 and older. To purchase tickets visit www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=247192.

6/21: A four-course Late Spring Tasting will be held at CookAppeal Café @ Simply Natural Living, 1400 Parkway Ave, Ewing. 6:30 to 9:30 PM; $55. For more information and reservations call 609-356-3186.

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