Taste your way through the works of Steinbeck at The C Restaurant’s Steinbeck dinner on Friday, Feb. 27. This five-course meal features local offerings that celebrate the places that inspired his works, and each course is inspired by one of his books and has a wine pairing from Wrath Winery (get it?). $175. Tickets are on sale now. 750 Cannery Row, Monterey. (831) 642-2013, thecrestaurant-monterey.com.