FOOD EVENTS COOKIES WITH SANTA: Children will bake sugar cookie cutouts, gingerbread people, sandwich cookie reindeer and marshmallow snowmen. Ages 3 and up, and children must be accompanied by an adult. 9-11 a.m. or noon-2 p.m. Sun. $50. Registration required. Kitchen Window, 3001 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls. 612-824-4117, ext. 105. www.kitchenwindow.com. LEE SVITAK DEAN: Star Tribune Taste editor will sign her new cookbook, "Come One, Come All." 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fri. Cooks of Crocus Hill, 3925 W. 50th St., Edina; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. Cooks of Crocus HIll, 877 Grand Av., St. Paul; 1-3 p.m. Sun. Minnesota Landscape Arborteum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska. www.arboretum.umn.edu.
ENTERTAIN AND ENJOY: Learn planning and cooking-ahead tips for your own holiday open house or New Year's Eve party. 6-9 p.m. Dec. 29. $55. Registration required. Cooks of Crocus Hill Edina, 3925 W. 50th St., Edina. 952-285-1903. www. cooksofcrocushill.com. MEET THE CHEF: George Snyder of McCormick & Schmick's will explore seafood dishes from around the world. The menu includes shrimp- and crab-stuffed snapper and pesto sauce, lump crab cakes, strawberry cucumber salad with mint vinaigrette and pistachio crème brûlée. 6-9 p.m. Jan. 5. $70. Reservations required. Kitchen Window, 3001 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls. 612-824-4117, ext. 105. www.kitchenwindow.com.
