High School Cabaret
Throughout the school year, Germano's Cabaret hosts performances featuring students from the Baltimore School for the Arts. On January 7, students in the Junior Acting Ensemble will perform original scenes; the following night, the music department will take the stage with scenes from operas. The $10 cover charge goes directly to the school. Dinner from the regular menu—including whole grilled branzino, beet ravioli, and osso buco—is available, and bottles of wine are half price. 7:30 p.m. $10 plus food and drink (no minimum).
Jan 7 & 8
Germano's Trattoria
300 S. High St.
410-752-4515
www.germanostrattoria.com
Krautfest
Gertrude's ever-popular mid-winter feast is back, with live polka music, dancing, and a buffet of Germanic/Eastern European eats that's, of course, heavy on the kraut. There's roasted-beet borscht and kraut, pork meatballs and kraut, and kraut stroganoff. Even the desserts are thematic: kraut whoopee pies and caramelized kraut ice cream. 6 p.m.–9 p.m. $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
Jan 8 & 9
Gertrude's at the BMA
10 Art Museum Dr.
410-889-3399
www.johnshields.com/restaurant/rest/gertrudes.html
Pay What You Want Dinner
Sotto Sopra held its first "pay what you want" dinner in November as a recession-friendly gesture, and the event sold out immediately. The family-style meal for twelve will be repeated in January, with four courses of Executive Chef Bill Crouse's choosing: pasta, meat or fish, salad, and dessert, accompanied by pre-selected wines. At the end of it all, diners may pay what they choose. And if they aren't too stingy, we're told, the tradition will continue. 7 p.m.
Jan 12
Sotto Sopra
405 N. Charles St.
410-625-0534
www.sottosoprainc.com
Baltimore Winter Restaurant Week
Baltimore's restaurant scene is so spirited that it can no longer be contained in just one week. Restaurants will roll out their special prix fixe menus—$20.10 for lunch, $35.10 for dinner—in honor of the new decade. Check the website for a list of eateries, directions, and parking tips.
Jan 22–Feb 7
www.baltimorerestaurantweek.com
New Year's Resolutions Cooking Class
As if to ameliorate their monthly wine dinners—six- to eight-course extravaganzas that teeter on gluttony—Jerry Edwards and John Walsh of Chef's Expressions will teach a cooking class designed to help with New Year's resolutions. Edwards, who says he's recently lost 25 pounds through healthy eating (not dieting), will demonstrate five recipes "filled with good proteins, complex carbohydrates, and a great deal of vegetables." Each course will be shared with the audience, along with a selection of sparkling wines. 6 p.m.–8 p.m. $50.
Jan 27
Gramercy Mansion
1400 Greenspring Valley Rd.
Stevenson
410-561-2433
www.chefsexpressions.com
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