Meet the Masters

Cooks who want a taste of what Brian Whitmer and his colleaguesare creating can attend the seventh annual Masters of Food and Wine,one of the nation's premier food events, to be held Feb. 23-28 at theHighlands Inn in Carmel, Calif.

Whitmer will be joined by Jacques Pepin, well-known cookbookauthor and teacher; Ekhart Witzigmann of Restaurant Aubergine, aMichelin three-star restaurant in Germany; Joachim Splichal of PatinaRestaurant in Los Angeles; Larry Forgione of An American Place in NewYork City; Mark Militello of Mark's Place in Miami, and pastry chefand author Jim Dodge. Australian chef Greg Brown will also join theprogram.

The event includes a banquet, luncheons, dinners, cookingclasses and vineyard tour. People can buy tickets for individualevents and meals.

For information, call (408) 624-3801.