A Stone Brewing Co. beer dinner is scheduled at Pie Town, 710 West Trade St., on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m. 704-379-7555. $30 per person (tax and gratuity not included).
Belgian-native and Chef Jean-Pierre Marechal and Chef Jason Gray of Savannah Red Restaurant in the Charlotte Marriott City Center will be cooking at the James Beard House in Manhattan on Aug. 19. On the menu are: brandy-scented lobster cobbler with chive basil phyllo cups; Okra Duo: corn and okra salsa with pancetta crisps and shrimp-stuffed and cornmeal-fried okra spears; chive cornbread with kudzu jelly; lump crab hoecake; Bibb lettuce salad with heirloom tomatoes and a Split Creek Farm (Anderson, S.C.) goat cheese and port dressing; caramel braised Kurobuta pork belly with Anson Mills grit fries and flash-roasted North Carolina vegetables; and peach Krispy Kreme bread pudding with macerated local peaches and cognac Chantilly cream.