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Mortons Steakhouse debuts a new bar menu this month featuring Northwest tastes, such as smoked Pacific salmon, alongside dishes like shrimp Alexander and broiled sea scallops wrapped in bacon with apricot chutney, all sized for sharing and priced at $11.95 and under. 1511 Sixth Ave., 206-223-0550. DOWNTOWN
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Every Sunday in March, Earth and Oceans offering a special three-course, prix-fixe wine dinner. This Sunday, the menu includes a mushroom bisque with duck confit and rosemary oil and a king salmon with creamy French lentils and tomato chutney, among other dishes. Wines include Tamarack Cellars, Hogue Cellars, Eola Hills, and Domaine Ste. Michelle vintages. $25 (wine not included). 510 p.m., 1112 Fourth Ave., 206-264-6060. DOWNTOWN
First an out-of-town chain staked a claim with Krispy Kreme in Issaquah, and now theres another way to get your calories on the Eastside: the first Puget Soundarea Marble Slab Creamery opened in REDMOND last month. Choose from over 40 flavors of ice cream, then watch as your choice is slapped down on a marble slab and treated with mixins (nuts, candy, and fruit). 8916 161st Ave. N.E. (Bella Bottega Shopping Center), 425-885-3068.
The ever-popular Frontier Room continues to ply Belltown with barbeque and Southern treats. Chef Paul Michael has added new items to menu, including hushpuppies, mini-barbeque sandwiches (get a plate of chicken, pork, and beef with coleslaw for $7.50), and bacon wrapped shrimp. Hitch up the horses an git yourself down there. 2203 First Ave., 206-956-7427. BELLTOWN
March 516
Il Fornaios monthly special menu offers a culinary tour of Liguria, the sea-beaten Italian coastal province nearest France, under the experienced tutelage of chef Umberto Pala. Expect lots of seafood items, and surprisingly, basil, which grows here as nowhere else. 600 Pine St. (Pacific Place), 206-264-0994. DOWNTOWN
March 6
Amy McCray of Eva whips up this weeks special menu to benefit the culinary training program at FareStart: Butternut soup with a cashew sambal, chicken and chickpea stew Punjab-style and a caramel-drizzled fudge brownie, with viognier and syrah wines from Syncline Cellars. $16.95. 5:308 p.m. at 1902 Second Ave., 206-443-1233 ext. 17. DOWNTOWN
French Country dishes like artichoke and roast pepper salad, roast venison, and double-chocolate Bavarian cream set off fine wines of the Rh� $75. 7 p.m. Brasserie Margaux, 401 Lenora St. (in the Warwick Hotel), 206-777-1990. DOWNTOWN
March 13
Chef Mike Davis of the Salish Lodge and Spa takes the reins tonight as guest chef at FareStart. $16.95. 5:308 p.m. 1902 Second Ave., 206-443-1233 ext. 17. DOWNTOWN
Rays Boathouse hosts a wine dinner with winemaker John Bigelow of JM Cellars. $75. 6:30 p.m. Northwest Room, 6049 Seaview Ave. N.W., 206-789-6309.
March 15
Lisa Dupar Catering hosts a wine dinner with DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate winemaker Christian Upchurch. On the table: monkfish with white truffle and snap peas; pheasant with juniper and cardoons. In the glass: 2000 DeLille Cellars D-2, 2001 Chaleur Estate Blanc, 2000 Harrison Hill, and more. $100. 79 p.m. 17825 N.E. 65th St., 425-881-3250. REDMOND
Chateau Ste. Michelle chef Laurel Davis and Canoe Ridge vineyard manager Mimi Nye join forces to highlight terrific terroirs with a multicourse chef dinner. $99. 7 p.m. Chateau Manor House, 14111 N.E. 145th, 800-267-6793. WOODINVILLE
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Love cheese pizza but bored with the same old tomato saucemozzarella variety? Pagliacci offers its Pizza Bianca starting midmonth. Atop a roasted garlic and cream sauce are four cheeses: ricotta, mozzarella, provolone, and romano. Eccellente. All Pagliacci locations.
March 18
The Dahlia Lounge takes inspiration from Joyce Goldsteins Saffron Shores: Jewish Cooking of the Southern Mediterranean and creates a menu featuring poisson chermoula (grilled fish kebabs) with Moroccan orange salad; Mechoui (roast lamb with Moroccan spices) with harissa, lemons, and couscous; and almond cigars with orange blossom honey. Three wines will accompany. $75. 6:30 p.m. at Dahlia Lounge, 2001 Fourth Ave., 206-682-4142. DOWNTOWN
March 19
Tonight, in Italian tradition, Serafina hosts a four-course St. Josephs Feast. The menu includes baked Alaskan halibut with Ligurian fishermans sauce and cous cous garnished with Taggiasca olive vinaigrette; roasted lamb loin with mushroom bread pudding and porcini-thyme glaze; cocoa cannoli; and more. It features wines of Chinook Winery. $75. 7 p.m. 2043 EASTLAKE Ave. E., 206-323-0807.
THE GRAPEVINE
For a guide to Washington Wine Month tastings and dinner events, visit the Washington Wine Commissions Web site at www.washingtonwine.org.
March 6
Washington Wine Month continues with a tasting featuring Yakima Valley varieties. Sip and schmooze with winemakers from Thurston Wolfe Winery, Hogue Cellars, Kestrel Vitners, and others. Free. 57 p.m. Esquin Wine Merchants, 2700 Fourth Ave. S., 206-682-7374. SODO
March 7
Sample the marvelous reds and whites of master independent winemaker Mike Januik. Free. 36 p.m. at Pike & Western Wine Shop, 1934 Pike Place, 206-441-1307. PIKE PLACE MARKET
March 8
Learn the key elements of winemaking from start to finish with viticulturist Clay Mackey and winemaker Kay Simon. Chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, merlot, and others from Chinook Wines will be paired with a five-course menu from Lisa Dupar Catering. The menu will focus on spring in the Northwest. $80. 79 p.m. 17825 N.E. 65th St., Suite A-140, 425-881-3250. REDMOND
March 10
At long last it seems the great wines of Germany are coming back into fashion stateside. Get ahead of the curve, find out the difference between Mosel, Pfalz, and Rheingau, and learn to let the word Trockenbeerenauslese trip from your tongue. $75. 6:308:30 p.m. at Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar, 205 108th Ave. N.E., 425-456-0010. BELLEVUE
