CAMDEN

Francine Bistro hosts ‘hellish’ dinner

Brian Hill, chef/owner of Francine Bistro at 55 Chestnut St., and Joe Ricchio will host a Halloween dinner called “North of Hell” at Hill’s restaurant featuring “hellishly spicy” foods, red lighting and mariachi music.

Tickets are $35 each. Go to foodcoma.me to see the full menu.

Hill said the timid of palate need not worry because the dishes will have different levels of heat, and there will be “some really cool condiments so ambitious fire eaters can spice up their food with that.”

Seatings will be at 6 and 8 p.m. For reservations, call 230-0083.

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FALMOUTH

Learn to handle meat at 3-day workshop

Learn traditional slaughter, butcher and curing techniques in a three-day workshop on a farm Dec. 12-14.

The workshop, which costs $375 per person, will be taught by Andy Lindberg of MeatME and Nate “Iggy” Brimmer of Giant’s Belly Education. The location will remain secret until registration.

Lunch and drinks will be provided, along with lots of pork preparations from the kitchen, including tempura-fried lung, chicharones, broiled barbecue heart and apple-sage spleen rolls.

For more information or to register, call Iggy at 415-4458, email meat@riseup.net, or go to meatme.me.

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PORTLAND

Try Rosemont for some truly scary treats

Looking for something truly scary to do on Halloween? Skip the candy corn and haunted houses. How about tasting tongue tacos or a cup of beef heart stew?

Those daring dishes and other foods will be served at a Halloween party at Rosemont Market, 5 Commercial St., from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. Music, sweets and costumes are also on the menu. For more details, go to facebook.com/rosemontmarket.

East Ender holding Beer Week pork roast

East Ender and Maine Beer Co. are holding a “roast and toast” at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in celebration of Portland Beer Week.

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For $30, guests get all-you-can-eat roast pork (from Roaring Lion Farm in Rumford) and barbecue sides. Beer tasting tickets and pints are extra. There will be five lines of Maine Beer Co. beer on tap.

For more information or to buy tickets, call the East Ender, 47 Middle St., at 879-7669 or go to aroastandtoast.bpt.me.

Portland Beer Week runs Nov. 1-7. For more events, go to portlandbeerweek.org.

Trick or treaters invited to Two Fat Cats

Two Fat Cats Bakery, 47 India St., invites trick or treaters in costume to stop by Friday for a treat between 4:30 and 6 p.m., or until the treats run out. Trick or treaters must be accompanied by a parent and wearing a costume. For more information, call Stacy Begin at 347-5144 or email her at sbegin@twofatcatsbakery.com.

 


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