Family cooking: A hands-on family class teaches new recipes and keeps kids busy cooking and cleaning. Ages 2 and up. $25 per family member; 5:30 p.m. Friday; The Kids’ Table, 2337 W. North Ave.; register, 773-235-2665 or kids-table.com
Sticky fingers: Executive chef Bing Zhou and co-owner Sandy Chen lead a class on classic Chinese dumplings. $20; 11:30 a.m.; Saturday; Koi, 624 Davis St., Evanston; reservations, 847-866-6969
Grill games: Executive chef Craig Bell of Big Hatt Gourmet Grilling teaches Grills Gone Wild, a class on preparing and cooking wild game. $60; 1 p.m. Sunday; Bell BBQ Block, 3638 N. Hoyne Ave.; reservations, 312-925-0375 or e-mail craig@bighatt.com
Healthful grilling: Registered dietician Dawn Jackson Blatner teaches Recipe Rehab, a barbecue class for vegetarians. $40; 10 a.m. July 24; The Chopping Block, 4747 N. Lincoln Ave.; register, 773-472-6700 or thechoppingblock.net
Preserving produce: Learn some simple ways to preserve summer’s produce in Saving Summer, a basic canning technique class. Free; Sunday, July 25; times vary by location; visit williams-sonoma.com
New market: Glenwood Sunday Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 17; Glenwood and Morse avenues, west of the tracks on the Morse “L” stop; information, glenwoodsundaymarket.org
E-mail educational events one month in advance to elizabeth schiele@sbcglobal.net.
