Dining notes: Special events, cooking classes

Check out a special dining event:

Wine on the River, to benefit Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Cancer Care Fund, is 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Stone River, 121 Alexander Road, West Columbia. Tickets are $40 per person in advance, $50 at door, and include hors d’oeuvres, wine and specialty beers and live music. eventbrite.com.

Or take a cooking class:

Learn to make sushi at SakiTumi. Wednesdays by appointment, couples and small groups can arrange classes in the art of making sushi. Pricing options include food and class or choose to include wine or hot sake. SakiTumi is at 807 Gervais St.; (803) 931-0700 after 2 p.m. for scheduling or information.

Chef Francois Fisera hosts cooking classes at Fleur de Lys Home Culinary Institute. Friday, Aug. 28, duck breast falmbe with Busnel Calvados and green peppercorn cream sauce. Fleur de Lys is at 3001 Millwood Ave.; (803) 765-9999 or fleurdelyscolumbiasc.com.

Let’s Cook Culinary Studio events: Friday, Aug. 28, Asian small plates. Detailed listings at letscookculinary.com. Let’s Cook is at 1305 Assembly St.; (803) 348-5874.

USC’s McCutchen House: Chef du jour classes (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) include Sept. 19, soups and chowders; Oct. 3, Holiday Dinner Made Easy; Oct. 31, Pie Making 101; Nov. 7 (extended six-hour class), Bread 101; Nov. 14, roasting; Dec. 5 (extended six-hour class), Cakes 101. Wine classes: Sept. 1, Wines of South Africa; Sept. 29, fall favorites; Oct. 6, Wine 101, how to purchase; Oct. 20, Wines from Alsace; Nov. 3, dessert wines; Dec. 1, rare wines. Registration for classes through McCutchen House or call Becky Moran, (803) 777-8225.

Susan Ardis