Butchery Class, Wine Dinner, and Colorado Harvest Tasting Menu

BALLPARK — Cook Street School of Culinary Arts will kick off a Butchery for Cooks series class on Monday, August 3 starting at 4:30 p.m. This intensive course will cover the fundamentals of butchery along with the post-fabrication utilization. Each class will begin with a lecture followed by hands-on breakdown of various proteins to create a more detailed understanding to maximize the use of the proteins in a true nose-to-tail style. Cost is $1,395 for 8 classes, and reservations can be made online.

BOULDER — Frasca Food and Wine will host Craig Lewis for a wine dinner on Monday, August 3. Recently returned from traveling around Europe, Lewis will pour a trio of his discoveries, which include Edi Kante 2005 Malvasia, Maestracci "E Prove" from Corsica, and Monte Bernardi Chianti Classico Riserva from Panzano in Chianti. The cost is $50 for the dinner and $40-55 for the wine flight. To make a reservation, call 303.442.6966.

DOWNTOWN — Lower48 Kitchen will continue to Colorado as the featured state in its "Prix Fixe Culinary Tour of the Lower48" with a four-course tasting menu. This menu will only be available through the month of August, and focuses on late-summer harvest goods like Palisade peaches and Rocky Ford melons. Cost is $34 per person and on Tuesday nights, select wines are half price. To make a reservation, call 303.942.0262.

LOHI — Linger’s newest dessert offering is something you are likely unfamiliar with, which gives sweet-lovers all the more of a reason to try it out. Taiwanese Shaved Ice, or Xue Hua Bing, is a cross between ice cream and shaved ice desserts, featuring textured "snow" flavored ice topped with fruit, sauce, and other assorted goodies. Visitors can pick a dairy-free base (matcha, Thai tea, coffee, coconut, or strawberry-banana), three toppings, a sauce, and get it to go or for the end of a sit down meal. Ices are $8 and can be vegan or gluten-free by request.