Guest Chef Matthew Kajdan at The Castle

The Castle Restaurant & Pub welcomes the culinary chops of chef Matthew Kajdan of Jackson's renowned Parlor Market, to preside over a five-course wine dinner for the culinary cognoscenti of Natchez. The evening begins with appetizers including lobster-deviled eggs with pickled red onions and chives, and a frisee salad with poached egg, house bacon, shitake mushrooms and red wine vinaigrette. A Gulf yellowfin tuna crudo, braised pork ravioli, and hangar steak with sauce bearnaise and smoked tomato reduction are also on the menu. If your stomach is now grumbling and kicking up a ruckus, apologize to it by making reservations at (601) 446-8500. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm at 84 Homochitto Street. $65. dunleith.com.