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3 Food Events You Should Know About: Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in South Bay; Bruery beer-maker dinner at Craft; Old Pasadena Restaurant Week

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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The Bruery meets Craft: Orange County’s Bruery is the featured brewer at Craft’s first beer-maker dinner of 2011, on Monday, June 6. So here’s the planned menu: charred calamari salad with Fresno chiles and oregano, with Hottenroth wheat beer; cured yelloweye snapper and watermelon, Thai basil and crispy rice, with Trade Winds, a tripel with Thai basil; buckwheat tagliatelle, bratwurst, morels and onion soubisse, with Saison Rue, a Belgian-French farmhouse ale with rye; Ellensburg lamb sweetbreads, green chickpeas and fava beans, with Marron Acidifie Imperial Oud Bruin and Mischief Belgian strong ale; California cheese, with Rugbrød Danish rye ale; and mignardises, with Cuir bourbon barrel-aged ale. A reception is at 6:30 p.m., dinner’s at 7. $95 per person. Contact Anna Morini for reservations at amorini@craftlosangeles.com or call (424) 204-7485. (Reservations cannot be made via Open Table for this event.) 10100 Constellation Blvd., Los Angeles, www.craftlosangeles.com.

Hot dogs galore: Nathan’s in Hawthorne -- the only Nathan’s Famous in the L.A. area -- is holding a hot dog eating contest on Sunday, June 12, at South Bay Ford. It’s one of 16 qualifying rounds leading to the annual July 4 contest on Coney Island. (FYI, Joey Chestnut of San Jose holds the world record for eating 68 Nathan’s Famous hot dogs -- with buns -- in 10 minutes. He is seeking his fifth straight title this year.) Registration is closed because of the number of applicants, but you can watch. Noon to 4 p.m. 5100 Rosecrans Ave., Hawthorne.

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Pasadena restaurant week: More than 20 Pasadena restaurants will take part in the third annual Old Pasadena Restaurant Week, June 1-8. Three-course meals will start at $15 for lunch and $25 for dinner, with part of the proceeds benefiting Union Station Homeless Services. Participating restaurants include Vertical Wine Bistro, Pop Champagne & Dessert Bar, Café Santorini, Quadrupel Brasserie, 1810 Argentinean Restaurant, Villa Sorriso and Sushi Roku. For a complete list of restaurants and menus, go to www.oldpasadena.org/restaurantweek.

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-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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