Event aids MU program

The third annual igourmet.com Fork & the Cork, in support of Misericordia University’s Women with Children program, will be held October 10 and 11.

Fork & the Cork festivities begin with a Wine Maker’s Dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre. A five course menu will be served featuring gourmet dishes from igourmet.com. Each course will be paired with premium wines. Tickets are $150 each.

The Grand Tasting Event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Misericordia University and features international gourmet foods paired with wines at over 50 tables organized by country.

The event will also contain food from local gourmet restaurants including Caf� Olivia, CuVenee, Harry and Billy’s, River Street Ale House, 31 Lake Street, Bakehouse, Fire and Ice and Wolfgang Puck Express.

Tickets are $85 each. A VIP Grand Cru Tasting is also available from 1 to 5 p.m. For $135, VIP tickets grant access to the VIP lounge, where ticket holders can hear Jimmy Mancuse while also sampling Grand Cru wines, caviar, champagne and more.

Four food and wine seminars will also be held on October 11. “The Language of Wine” and “The Perfect Cup” will be held at 11 a.m. and “The Love Affair with Triple Cr�me” and “Amore - An Adventure in Italian Food and Wine” will be held at noon. The seminars will be held in the third floor Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library and in Mercy Hall, rooms 200, 230 and 232. A wine seminar ticket, good for admission to two seminars, is $40.

A weekend pass for $300, which gains entry to all Fork & the Cork events, is also available.

To purchase tickets, go to www.forkandthecork.com or call 602-3800, ext. 238.