DATEBOOK

THURSDAY

A Dating Game: Epicurean cooking school has convinced a local (and single) French chef to judge a cooking contest and take the winner out for a dinner date. If you’re interested in the set-up, bring a recipe that serves two when you enroll for the class. The school will provide the ingredients, you’ll do the cooking, and the chef will do the judging. (Proceeds from this “class” will be donated to Meals on Wheels.) 6:30 p.m. Epicurean School of Culinary Arts, 8759 Melrose Ave., L.A. (310) 659-5990. $100.

Pizzas: Learn to make margherita , quattro formaggio and sausage and onion pizzas. Round out the menu with Caesar salad and fruit with mascarpone dip. 6:30 p.m. California School of Culinary Arts, at the Kitchen Academy, 561 E. Green St., Pasadena. (626) 229-1300. $80.

SATURDAY

Grecian Festival: Greek music, Greek dancing, Greek cooking demonstrations and food: pork souvlaki , gyros, spanakopita, saganaki (fried cheese), loukamades (fried dough dipped in honey and cinnamon) and more. Noon to 9 p.m. The grounds of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of Long Beach, 5761 Colorado St., Long Beach. (562) 494-8929. $2; free for children younger than 12. The food is priced separately. Also on Sunday and Monday.

SUNDAY

Food Fair: Sri Lankan food is the focus of this outdoor fair. Try white, yellow and biriani rice, with accompaniments, and the elaborate festival dish lampries ; hoppers (coconut griddle cakes); chicken, fish or goat curry; date cakes; marzipan; iced coffee and fruit drinks. 11 a.m. to sunset. Woodley Park, at Woodley Avenue and Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys. For information, call Roma at (310) 915-6677. No entrance fee; food prices vary.

MONDAY

Clam Bake & Jubilee: Chef Jennifer Naylor cooks up New England steamers, soft-shell crab po’-boys, Maine lobsters, crab cakes, sweet corn, fruit crisp and watermelon granita. A Zydeco band will perform. 5:30 p.m on. Granita, in the Malibu Colony Shopping Center, 23725 W. Malibu Road, Malibu. (310) 456-0488. $58 plus beverage, tax and 18% tip.