Here's this week's FYI ... food column:

Wine on Wednesday

The Weatherburn Gallery is letting offering a chance for visitors to enjoy both art and wine from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at 452 Bayfront Place, Naples. David Dunlop, a landscape painter, art historian and lecturer will be in the gallery. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 263-8008

Bottle signing

Dan Cohn, vice-president of winemaking from B.R. Cohn Winery, in the Sonoma Valley of California, will be signing his bottles from 4 to 5 p.m. at Whole Foods Market. There also will be a wine tasting and olive oil and vinegar tasting from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the market, 9101 Strada Place, Naples. Free. Information: 552-5100

Pancake breakfast

An all-you-can-eat buffet pancake breakfast will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Goodland Community Center, 417 E. Mango Ave., Goodland. $5, adults; $3, children. While you are there, browse the Goodland community garage sale.

Wine dinner

Bellini on Fifth will have a five-course Italian wine dinner with wines that received the Tre Bicchiere award at 7 p.m. Sunday at 445 Fifth Ave. S., Naples. Rafael Dezendegui, an Italian wine specialist, will be a guest speaker. $95. Reservations: 261-1117

Supporting our troops

Eat at Outback Steakhouse during March and order from the “Red, White and Bloomin” menu and a portion of the proceeds will go to Operation Homefront to support U.S. troops. The local restaurants are at 4910 U.S. 41 N., Naples, 434-7100 and 27230 Bay Landing Drive, Bonita Springs, 948-3575. The parent company says it will donate up to $1 million from the chain.

Cooking classes and demonstrations

* Lynn Novo of Comfort Sisters-Good Food, will make a dinner from the pantry at 6 p.m. Monday ($10), and Denise Petersen will teach how to roast a chicken at 6 p.m. March 10 ($10) at Whole Foods Market, 9101 Strada Place, Naples. Registration is required at www.acteva.com/Go/LifestyleCenter.

* Chef Vincenzo Beulia of Campiello’s will be cooking Florida fish from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Haskell’s, 2021 Pine Ridge Road, Naples. $85. Includes dinner with wine pairing. Reservations: 254-1120

* Lilly Zanetti of Zanetti Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oils will do a cooking demonstration and lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. March 11 at Bamboo Cafe French Home Cooking, 755 12th Ave. S., Naples. $45. Reservations: 643-6177

* The Good Life of Naples will have the following lessons and demonstrations at 2355 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples: Annie DePiero, cooking with a Gaelic twist, 6 to 8 p.m. March 12 for $50. ; Bobbie Thompson, cobblers, noon to 12:30 p.m. March 13, free; Shelly Connors, springtime harvest, 6 to 8 p.m. March 16; $50. Reservations for the paid workshops at 514-4663.

* Chef Alexander Bernard of Alexander’s Restaurant will teach you how to cook dessert at noon March 13 at 4077 U.S. 41 N., Naples. $40, includes the demonstration, recipe booklet, lunch and a glass of wine. Reservations: 262-4999

Filet and lobster

Order Roy’s grilled petite filet paired with a braised Maine lobster tail served with asparagus for $39.95 at Bayfront, 475 Bayfront Place, Naples. Reservations: 261-1416

Corrected reservation number

Reservations for Real Seafood Co., 8960 Fontana Del Sol Way, Naples, may be made by calling (888) 456-3463.

Gift cards

Buy $100 worth of gift cards from Bice and receive a bonus of a $25 card. The restaurant is at 300 Fifth Ave. S., Naples. Information: 262-4044

New pastry chef

Emily Duncan is now the pastry chef at Tony’s off Third. Duncan is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Culinary Arts and was the assistant pastry chef at the Breakers in Palm Beach and two Ritz-Carlton hotels. Visit at 1300 Third St., Naples and try her chocolate banana caramel with an almond coconut crunch. Sit in the courtyard and enjoy the live entertainment from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays or take one home to enjoy at your leisure. Information: 262-7999

A retro dessert

This is the year for us to rediscover pudding. Remember how comforting it was when your mother made chocolate, butterscotch or vanilla pudding? Well, now restaurants are helping remember the smooth, classic by putting it on their menus.

Organic foods

The produce contaminated with the most pesticides are peaches, apples and bell peppers, according to food.com. Onions, asparagus and avocados are the least polluted, it says. Go to foodnews.com to find the entire list.

Chocolate is good for you

Chocolate is not only delicious, but can also help protect against cancer and heart disease and reduces skin damage from sun exposure. Antioxidant-rich, dark chocolate can increase your skin’s natural UV protection, according to a study in the “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology.” Eat a small amount at a time to extend the benefits over the course of a day. Get the tasting squares instead of the giant bars.

Going south

* Visit an underground speakeasy at the Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. The B Bar is in the basement of the hotel and hidden away with burgundy velvet couches, a DJ booth and flat screen televisions. Information: (305) 531-6100

* Enjoy the foods of Cape Cod when you eat at the Cape Cod Room at the Bath Club, 5937 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. You’ll fall in love with the Cape Cod Pot Pie and won’t ever find a piece of chicken among your lobster and scallops. Information: (305) 531-6100

* Picnic all night at Picnic, a diner that is open from 5 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily at 1400 20th St., South Beach. You can have Thanksgiving dinner every day or night or have pancakes for dinner. The choice of a picnic is yours. Information: (305) 673-4755

* The Original Marathon Seafood Festival in Marathon of the Florida Keys will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 13 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 14 at Marathon Community Park at mile marker 49 oceanside. Munch on Florida lobster, stone crab claws, shrimp, conch chowder, salad and fritters, oysters, clams and fried fish. $5, adults; free, children under 12 with a paying adult. Information: (305) 743-5417 or (800) 262-7284

Deadline for FYI is 10 a.m. Thursday. E-mail to snmesulam@naplesnews.com or mail to Sheila Mesulam, Naples Daily News, 1100 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110. All briefs are printed on a space-available basis. Connect with Sheila Mesulam at www.naplesnews.com/staff/sheila_mesulam