Mouthful: Pinot pairings to pancake breakfasts around Sonoma County

Mushrooms & Pinot: This weekend, February 28 and March 1, Dutton-Goldfield Winery (3100 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol) will be celebrating one of the great pairings in the world of food, pinot noir and specialty mushrooms.

Luscious mushroom soup will be paired with a voluptuous pinot noir that you can enjoy while mushroom experts entertain you with their tales and friends from Sebastopol Mushrooms showcase their finest fungi.

Cost is $10 per person unless you buy $100 worth of wine and then the pairing is free.

It all takes place between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and all you need to do is show up.

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Barrel Preview & “Beauty” Pageant: The 37th Annual Barrel Tasting event along the Wine Road takes place first two weekends in March but you can get a bit of a preview -- and avoid the crowds -- this Saturday at Robert Rue Winery’s Sneak Preview Happy Hour, taking place from 4 to 8 p.m. The winery will be previewing its 2013 and 2014 zinfandels.

The winery is located at 1406 Wood Rd. in Fulton.

The small family winery is a lovely place to hang out, maybe play a little bocce and linger before heading off to dinner or to the Mr. Healdsburg Pageant, taking place Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Raven Performing Arts Center, 115 North St., Healdsburg, $5 admission at the door.

All you need to do is stop by; there are no reservations, no cover charge.

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Pancake Breakfast: International Pancake Day may be Tuesday, but this Sunday the Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department hosts its annual All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon.

Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. All proceeds benefit the fire department.

To find the breakfast, just head to downtown Bloomfield, such as it is, near the corner of Bloomfield Rd. and Valley Ford Rd. west of Petaluma. You can’t miss it.

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Washi Egg Time: Barbra Friedman is hosting her next series of Washi Egg classes in March, with four sessions schedule.

“Washi” means paper in Japan and this ancient craft focuses on hand-made mulberry paper to create decorative eggs, perfect for spring’s new beginnings. You’ll also learn how to use twigs and grasses to create nests for your eggs.

The first class is on Sunday, March 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Riley Street (103 Maxwell Court, Santa Rosa). Next up is Thursday, March 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., when Coffee Catz (6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol) will welcome Friedman and her students.

If you like to sip and nibble as you learn a new craft, check out the class on March 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Patisseries Angelica (6821 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol), which includes tea and nibbles.

Things wrap up on March 25 at Cast Away and Folk Modern Craft (100 4th St., Santa Rosa) from 5:30 to 7:30. To register for this session, email justine@castawayandfolk.com.

To register for the other sessions and to inquire about private classes in your home, email barbrabvf@yahoo.com.

All classes are $40 except for the one at Patisserie Angelica, which is $50, to cover the cost of tea and treats. The cost includes enough materials to make three beautiful eggs.

For more information, visit barbrafriedman.com.

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Ramini Raffle: Friday, February 27, is the last day to buy tickets for the Ramini Ranch Raffle, organized by Rosso Pizzeria and Mozzarella Bar in Petaluma. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at any of the three Rosso locations.

Raffle prizes include art, gift certificates, hotel stays, wines and more. There will be a grand prize winner and a runner-up.

The raffle starts promptly at 6 p.m. at Rosso’s (151 Petaluma Blvd. South, Petaluma).

You don’t need to be present to win but if you are, there’s one more prize: Rosso’s will buy your dinner.

All proceeds from the raffle go to the Ramini Ranch, where Craig Ramini was crafting beautiful mozzarella until his untimely death from cancer on January 17.

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Cooking with Your Teenager: On Wednesday, March 4, Relish Culinary Adventures (14 Matheson St., Healdsburg) hosts “Parent + Teen: Creative Everyday Meals,” a hands-on classes that encourages family dinners, cooked together.

The evening’s menu includes white bean bruschetta, green salad, roasted chicken, roasted seasonal vegetables, cheesecake turnovers with chocolate ganache, iced tea and make-your-own soda stream drinks.

Cost is $150 per pair or $75 per person; a portion of the proceeds benefits the Healdsburg High School Junior Class.

Relish chef Anne Cornell will lead the class, which is offered in partnership with the high school’s internship program.

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Cooking at The Fork: Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, located just north of Point Reyes Station on Highway 1, is now taking reservations for 2015’s second quarter of cooking classes, farm dinners and special events at The Farm, the gorgeous on-site culinary center.

There will be three farm dinners, April 16, May 21 and June 11, with a special Farm Brunch on May 2.

Upcoming classes include Fresh Pasta with The Fork’s executive chef, Jennifer, Luttrell; Cooking with Cakebread with Cakebread Cellars’s chef Brian Streeter on April 24; hands-on cooking form the farmers market, also with Chef Luttrell on May 15 and A Taste of Napa on June 19 with chef Laurence Jossel of Nopa restaurant in San Francisco.

For complete details, costs and to register for a class, visit theforkatpointreyes.com.

Michele Anna Jordan has written 19 books to date, including the new “More Than Meatballs.” Email Jordan at catsmilk@sonic.net. You’ll find her blog, “Eat This Now,” at pantry.blogs.pressdemocrat.com.