News from the local food scene
• Community pancakes: The Merrimack Rotary Club (portal.clubrunner.ca/2943) will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast featuring pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee on Thursday, July 4, at Merrimack High School (38 McElwain St., Merrimack) from 8 to 11 a.m. The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for teenagers and seniors, $5 for children, and free for children 3 and younger.
• Communicating with, and drinking, spirits: Join Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road, Brookline, 244-3165, averillhousevineyard.com) and Intuitive Medium Jessica Moseley for Spirit to Spirits, a group medium reading and wine tasting in the vineyard’s historic 1830’s estate on Saturday, July 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 each and include a seat at the group medium reading and a wine tasting flight of four vintages, or a single glass of wine from Averill House Vineyards.
• Getting a grip on jams and jellies: The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill (174 Joppa Hill Road, Bedford, 472-4724, sites.google.com/theeducationalfarm.org/joppahillfarm) will hold a class on making jams, jellies and preserves on Sunday, July 7, from 1 to 2 p.m. The class will be taught by Betsey Golon, certified master food preserver from the University of Maine. This event requires registration. Tickets are $20 per person when purchased online, or $25 per person onsite.