If you ask Maureen Savage point-blank about her ethnicity, she’ll smile and claim to be “three-quarters Irish.”

The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena offers cooking demonstrations open to the public Mondays through Fridays in the De Baun Theater. The class includes a tasting and recipe of a seasonal dish. The cost is $15 per person. Demonstrations are at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, and 10:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The topic this week is Black Pepper Duck Ravioli with Truffle-Cream Sauce.

Maureen Savage

The Restaurant at Meadowood is welcoming new chef Christopher Kostow this week as it also bids fond farewell to Joseph Humphrey, chef since the renovated restaurant reopened in May of 2996.

The Napa Junior Lacrosse Club’s JV team was a winner in the first game of its debut season this past Saturday.