Chef Maria Hines has been selected by America Cooks With Chefs to battle five other James Beard Award–winning chefs in a seven-episode healthy-cooking competition series on Ora.TV, culminating in a live cooking challenge at the Clinton Health Matters Initiative in January.

The semi-annual Dine Around Seattle program, which focuses on small neighborhood restaurants, kicked off this week. From Sunday through Thursday throughout November, you can get three courses for $18 at lunch and $33 at dinner.

For $50, attend a Chocolate Cook-Off on November 9 at Ethan Stowell’s Tavolata to benefit the Children’s Hospital Uncompensated Care Fund. Pastry chef Dionne Himmelfarb hosts the event, with 12 Northwest chefs competing, including Autumn Martin of Hot Cakes, Roger Martinho of Ba Bar, Nica Falcon from Chocolopolis, and Laura Pyles of Parchment. For reservations, call 838-8008. E

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