Dessert For Dinner; La Cocina Grads Made Good

NOB HILL—Dessert For Dinner is going down on Monday at Parallel 37, with a passel of top-notch pastry chefs—Shawn Gawle (Saison), Stephanie Prida (Manresa), William Werner (Craftsman & Wolves), Andrea Correa (Parallel 37), and Joshua Meiselman (Commis)— teaming up for a six-course dessert blowout (with a few savory intermezzos from Michael Rotondo) to benefit children's hunger causes. Tickets are $125, with an optional $70 beverage pairing. [EaterWire]

BAY AREA—You go, ladies of La Cocina: here are profiles of five graduates of the Mission incubator who've gone or are planning to go brick-and-mortar. [Inside Scoop]

THE MISSION—Ever wondered how to pair beer and BBQ (in ways that don't involve immediately scarfing both)? Culinary-experience startup Fullosophie will show you the way this weekend, via a class with Master Cicerone Rich Higgins at Southpaw BBQ. Tickets are $75 and include four courses of food and beer. [EaterWire]

CASTRO—Suerte Tequila is taking over Blackbird on Saturday for National Margarita Day, with free tequila tastings with ambassador Summer-Jane Bell from 6-8 pm. A $9 special margarita and an $11 seven-layer-dip Bar Jar will also be offered. [EaterWire]