Cooking with the Best Chefs, a gourmet cooking class and culinary events program in Lombard, will sponsor its last outdoor mushroom hunt of the season in a wooded area adjacent to the Crooked Knee Golf Course in McHenry on Sept. 28. Rain or shine, professional mushroom outfitter Tom Nauman will teach participants about edible mushrooms such as hen of the woods, sulfur shelf, oyster and shaggy mane. Nauman also will point out safety precautions. Each person will receive a mesh “shroom sack” to collect mushrooms, and two mushroom recipes will be demonstrated. After the hunt, a light lunch will be served in the clubhouse. A bus will depart from Arlington Heights at 7:45 a.m. and Lombard at 8:15 a.m. The cost is $66.
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Cooking with the Best Chefs also will hold a four-stop Indian Summer Chicago Restaurant Tour from 2 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Restaurants visited by bus will include Babaluci on North Damen Avenue; Indian Garden on East Ontario Street; Tommy Nuntaya’s Thai Wild Ginger on North Clybourn Avenue; and Ina’s on West Randolph Street. A bus will depart from Arlington Heights, Carol Stream and Lombard. The cost is $49 per person, including transportation, food and gratuities. Advance registration is required for both events. Call 630-930-6001 or visit www.bestchefs.com for registration and departure information.
Cruisin’ Cuisine, a restaurant delivery company serving the northwest suburbs, has added the Cajun restaurant Crawdaddy Bayou of Wheeling to its list of deliveries. The menu for Crawdaddy’s and other restaurants can be seen at www.670food.com. Dinner delivery hours are from :30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday and 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Lunch delivery hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Orders can be delivered to a home, office or hotel within 40 to 60 minutes. There is a service charge of $4.25, and each restaurant has a $12 minimum food purchase for dinner and a $15 minimum for lunch. To place an order call 847-670-FOOD.
McHenry County College is offering the class “Wine Appreciation and Education” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sundays, beginning Sunday through Oct. 21 at the 1776 Restaurant, 396 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake. MCC instructor Andy Andresky, owner of 1776, will teach students about the history of wine, best values, fortified wines and wines of the world. Students also will learn about the smell and taste sensations of wines and how to pair food and wine. The cost is $114. To register, call MCC at 815-455-4588.
Le Titi de Paris, 1015 W. Dundee Rd., Arlington Heights, will present a Rhone Valley wine dinner with a trio of musicians at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28. The five-course, five-wine dinner begins with an asparagus and Gruyere tart followed by a quenelle of pike with sauce nantua. Braised veal cheeks with oven roasted vegetables and chestnuts will be served next, followed by a pear sorbet. Roasted quail with Savoy cabbage and sauce forestiere will be the main entree, followed by a cheese selection from the Rhone Valley. The dessert will be floating islands with fresh fruit. The cost is $78 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required. Call 847-506-0222.
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