Philly Muffin baker Pete Merzbacher will be sharing his culinary talents Feb. 25 with a sourdough bread-baking demonstration at Reading Terminal Market.

Hosted by Fair Food, the class will teach participants the basics of bread crafting from the ground up. In addition to complimentary drinks, event-goers will also be sampling sweets courtesy of Philly Muffin. Additionally, participants will be granted all the ingredients needed to bake their own bread upon leaving as a parting gift. Tickets will cost $35, and the event will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Rex 1516, a Southern-inspired restaurant on South Street, is headlining the Mardi Gras celebration today with some special items, like gumbo with house-made andouille, shrimp po’boy and their Citywide Burger served on a king cake roll. Refreshments include their $6 passion fruit Hurricanes made with aged rum, passion fruit, cranberry and orange and lime juices

The restaurant will be open from 5 to 11 p.m

Foobooz will be hosting its annual Philly Cooks event Feb.18 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.

The event will grant participants access to the food of over 30 participating restaurants in the Philadelphia area. General admission tickets are available for $100 via Eventbrite.com. The event will run from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. All in attendance must be 21 or older.

Exclusive tasting tours are also available, in which event-goers are given exclusive access to some of Philadelphia’s top rated restaurants. The tours will run Feb.16 and 17, where access will be granted to three restaurants per tour day.

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center will be holding its 2015 Winter Food Swap on Jan. 27. The event will allow participants to bring their own home-cooked dishes to exchange.

Food-swappers will place bids on each other’s homegrown culinary goods silent-auction style, with tables and booths set up to display individual dishes. The event will also include a potluck table for attendees to sample other participants’ dishes. The swap is free to attend, but pre-registration is required. Registration information can be accessed through the Philly Swapper’s Eventbrite page.    

Pizzeria Stella, the Stephen Starr restaurant on 2nd and Lombard streets, kicked off their version of Restaurant Week with Pizza Week last Sunday. Through Jan. 30, the restaurant will have a special deal for $35 that includes two salads or antipasti, any of the wood-fired pizzas on menu and any two gelati.

Percy Street Barbeque is bringing back its all-you-can-eat ribs every Wednesday from 5 p.m. to closing. For $27 per person, patrons get unlimited servings of ribs, fries, coleslaw and cornbread.

The restaurant is starting what it’s calling Meat Week from Jan. 18 – 30, where diners can feast on helpings of barbecue chicken, pulled pork, smoked beef brisket, cornbread, mac and cheese and more for just $20 per person.  

Local chef Jameson O’Donnell will be holding a cooking demonstration at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Feb. 17, where O’Donnell will be recreating a fictional fish chowder from the novel “Orphan Train.”

The event is a part of the free library’s “One Book, One Philadelphia” project, an initiative that works in tandem with the Mayor’s Office to encourage literacy and cooperation within the Philadelphia community by discussing a single book through films, workshops, lectures and culinary exhibitions each year.

The chowder O’Donnell will be preparing, Terry’s Famous Maine Fish Chowder, gets its name from “Orphan Train,” by Christina Baker Kline, the novel selected for “One Book, One Philadelphia” this year.

The demonstration will run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Culinary Literacy Center of the Free Library. Tickets are $10.