When was the last time you bellied up to a proper steakhouse meal? For one night, Butch + Babe’s chef Narin Phanthakhot and owner Kortnee Bush are transforming their Old North End bistro into a bastion of beef. Place your napkin in your lap for a classic meal that opens with Parker House rolls and smoked butter with Côtes du Rhône rosé, followed by Caesar salad, tossed tableside and served with a pour of delicate Loire Valley white. But these are just preambles to a hefty Boyden Farm Beef New York strip — matched with My Essential’s plummy, peppery 2013 California Cabernet and potato-and-brussels sprouts gratin for good measure. While that all sounds like a big load to carry, save room for the Baked Alaska finale.

Price: $85, reservations required.

Other Food Events

Misery-able Valentine’s Party + Clementine Pop-Up Shop: Misery Loves Co. supplies the snacks — along with lead barman Mike Dunn — to blend happy hearts and hard booze at Stonecutter Spirits. Sip a cocktail or three, and peruse sweet cards and gifts for your beloved, courtesy of the Clementine Store. Thursday, February 9, 5 p.m. to close, Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury. Cost of cocktails. stonecutterspirits.com

Valentine’s Wine & Cheese Fondue Dinner: Baguette, cornichons and fingerling potatoes served with Swiss-style cheese fondue make way for a delectable chocolate truffle and cordial. Saturday, February 11, and Tuesday, February 14, 5-7 p.m., Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits, Cambridge. $39.99, reservations recommended. boydenvalley.com

Wintervale: Hot beverages, local fare, kids’ activities and a chili cook-off round out an afternoon of cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Weather permitting. Sunday, February 12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Intervale Center, Burlington. Free, preregister for chili cook-off. intervale.org

Chinese Dumplings: Fête the newly christened Year of the Rooster by stuffing, wrapping, boiling and eating this savory Chinese treat. Sunday, February 12, 3-5 p.m., McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 861-9753. $5-$10, preregister.

This article appears in The Love & Marriage Issue • 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.