Calendar: Dinner with friends at Thai Pepper … Indian cooking classes in Gonzales … Sharp Cook classes continue

Peppered with friends: At Thai Pepper this Tuesday, enjoy the tasty buffet of Thai Specialties for $15 per person, and the restaurant will donate 20% of your dinner bill to the Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs. The BRCWA puts on the International Tasting Fair and Cooking Competition, as well as the International Heritage Celebration each year. Do your part to support this tasty cause! brcwa.com Cooking with spice: Manjeet Bhatia, author of Don’t Say Curry and creator of the Touch of India spice blend, will present another hands-on cooking class featuring home-style Indian cuisine on Thursday, April 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., at Pelican Point in Gonzales. The class will be repeated at the same time on Saturday, April 9. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to make authentic Indian foods, these are the classes for you! $50 per student; register at saffronspices.com. Sharpen your skills: Salads, wraps, and pasta sauces—whatever you want to learn, Sharp Cook classes can teach you. Classes cost just $35 dollars, and recipes are guaranteed to be quick and easy to prepare, presenting skills and techniques you can apply to other culinary efforts. Register at sharpcook.com.