Entree is venison-stuffed pork. A Portuguese supper starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, at Linden Place, Bristol. Guest chefs Manuel Cordeiro and Manuel Almeida will prepare traditional Portuguese soup, pork with littlenecks, roast potatoes, cornmeal bread and sweet rice pudding. Holiday fairs Traditional gingerbread houses and others depicting Providence landmarks, including the State House, will be on display at the Moses Brown School Gift Fest. The fest, with shopping and a cafe, takes place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Waughtel-Howe Field House, Moses Brown, Alumni Avenue, Providence.
Admission is free.
Gingerbread houses will be auctioned. Alternatively, frozen turkeys may be brought to the Food Bank. Sakonnet Vineyard's new sparkling wine, Samson Brut, was featured. On Wednesday evening, Dec. 1, Donna Vispo, kitchen consultant for the Pampered Chef, teaches an Italian Christmas cookie class. Book signing Todd English of Olives and Figs restaurants in the Boston area will be at Williams-Sonoma, Copley Place, Boston, from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, to sign his cookbooks, The Olives Tables and The Figs Table.