New winter flavors at 3 Vines

There's a new experience for your mouth awaiting at 3 Vines Café and Wine Bar. A new winter menu includes prime Angus tartare, a smoked fish slate and an exotic Mediterranean slate. Pair those with a bolder wine selection like the Napa cabernet sauvignons.

3 Vines Café and Wine Bar, 1025 W. Main, Sleepy Hollow. Call (847) 844-0567 or visit 3vinescafe.com.

Learn it: lobster

Who knows how to cook lobster? Learn how at one of Le Titi De Paris' several monthly cooking courses. A lobster cooking demonstration takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, for $70. Or for a hands-on experience, swing in to the great stock essences cooking class at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9.

Le Titi De Paris is located at 1015 Dundee Road, Arlington Heights. (847) 506-0222 or letitideparis.com.

Flexing new mussels

SugarToad is showing off its new and improved mussels — BC honey mussels. Named for their honey-colored, amber shells and hailing from British Columbia, the BC honey mussels come as an appetizer with a broth made from local craft beer, herbs such as parsley, chives and thyme, butter and guanciale. It's served with chunks of crusty bread.

SugarToad is located at the Hotel Arista, 2139 CityGate Lane, Naperville. Call (630) 778-8623 or see sugartoad.com.