To Do

WEDNESDAY: 30-Minute Meals -- cooking class at Whole Foods Market. Free. 6-7 p.m. 316 Kentlands Blvd., Gaithersburg. Call 301-258-9500.

SATURDAY: Book signing -- William Echikson, author of "Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution." Free. 3:30-6:30 p.m. Calvert-Woodley Wines & Spirits, 4339 Connecticut Ave. NW. Call 202-966-4400.

MONDAY: Thai cooking demonstration, lecture and dinner with cookbook authors Alexandra Greeley and Nongkran Daks. Sponsored by the Asia Society. $45 for nonmembers. 7 p.m. Bangkok Garden, 4906 St. Elmo Ave., Bethesda. Call 202-833-2742 or see www.asiasociety.org/events/TUESDAY: Discussion with "Super Chefs: The Making of the Great Modern Restaurant Empires" author Juliette Rossant at Olsson's Books and Music. Free. 7 p.m. Lansburgh/Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW. Call 202-638-7610.

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MAY 26: A Taste of Africa -- cooking class at Whole Foods Market. Free. 7 p.m. 1440 P St. NW. Call 202-332-4300.

JUNE 1: Wine dinner at 15 Ria to benefit the Washington Youth Garden at the National Arboretum. Sponsored by Slow Food DC. $65 for nonmembers includes tax and tip. 1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW. Call 202-426-0176.

JUNE 10 and 17: Two-session food sanitation course for restaurant food managers or others in food handling. $104 includes text, examination and certification. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Loudoun County Extension Office, 30 B Catoctin Circle SE. Leesburg. Call 703-777-0373.

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