For some, a boozy brunch sets the groundwork for a solid Sunday Fun-day; for others, the midday meal can become a daylong activity. This weekend, Seven Days and the Essex Resort & Spa will host an eggy capstone event for Vermont Restaurant Week. Eight restaurants will convene at the Essex for a feast awash in vodka and mimosas. Build your own Bloody, then sample shakshuka, courtesy of Burlington’s forthcoming Honey Road Restaurant; gingerbread pudding with rum and pecans from August First Bakery & Café; and biscuits and gravy, fried chicken with waffles, Benedicts, dim sum, and other treats made with love by some of Vermont’s finest brunch chefs. What’s more, Dwight & Nicole will bring swingin’ soul tunes, and ticket sales benefit the Vermont Foodbank.

Bottomless Brunch Bash: Sunday, April 30, 9-11 a.m. and noon-2 p.m., the Essex Resort & Spa in Essex Junction. $35 for designated drivers; $45 with drinks. Info, vermontrestaurantweek.com.

More Food Events

53 Stations of the Tokaido Road Tea Dinner: For April’s Isolé Dinner Club meal, chef Richard Witting and tea master Ben Youngbaer team up for a meal that draws connections between traditional Japanese dishes, teas and culture. Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30, 4-9 p.m., Setting Sun Teahut, Plainfield. $60. Info, Facebook or 233-8604.

Earth Gardens & the Seeds of Life: Planting a Traditional Family Garden: Learn to plan, plant and tend a historically accurate native plot in a family-friendly workshop with Michael Caduto. Sunday, April 30, 1-2:15 p.m., Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford, $5 per individual; $10 per family. Info, morrillhomestead.org.

Herbal Chocolates: A Sensory Culinary Adventure: From lavender hot cocoa to Aztec cacao bark, sweets lovers create their own custom chocolates in a hands-on workshop. Tuesday, April 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Railyard Apothecary in Burlington. $25. Info, 540-0595.

This article appears in April 26 • 2017.

Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. She lives in northeast Pennsylvania with her family, where she works in the outdoor lifestyle and adventure tourism industry.