More blockbuster events and bangin’ bargains than we know what to do with.

There is a delicious affliction coming. In fact, the symptoms have already started showing up. One appeared in my inbox this week.

“Chef Joly is happy to conduct in-person Belgian food and beer tastings with you and your staff at your offices anytime Tuesday, April 14, through Thursday, April 16… ” the e-mail reads, before closing with, “He is happy to bring the beer.”

In short, skip the LOMF (left over meeting food). Daniel Joly is the Belgian-born Master Chef behind Mirabelle at Beaver Creek – this kind of talent isn’t just popped off a waffle machine every five minutes, though it may feel like that’s the case come April 16-19 given the amount of master spatulas from all over the world running around the Peninsula for Pebble Beach Food & Wine. (There will be almost 100 chefs total between the Lexus Grand Tastings Saturday and Sunday along with 200-plus wineries, and plenty of eye-popping models and performance artists… $165 a pop; $300 for both.)

Another symptom: paralysis of the mouse. When required to make a decisive click on how to spend just a couple of hours Friday morning – between a Duckhorn Vineyards Estate tasting, a Beaulieu Vineyards Reserve tasting, a Todd English demo, a Thomas Keller cooking spot (not to mention “The Global Range of Pinot Noir,” Domaine Roulot Reserve side-by-side or the Vérité Bordeaux session) – the trigger digit gets a little stiff. And those events represent just the first sip of a nonstop river of events running through Sunday.

For tickets: 622-7770, www.pebblebeachfoodandwine.com; look for the Weekly’s live photo-food postings on www.montereycountyweekly.com from a number of these events.

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More events coming down the gastronomic gangplank: Thursday, April 2, local catering standout Grapes of Wrath is opening its East of Eden event center at the Monterey Elk’s as part of a chamber mixer, 648-5360.

Friday, April 3, is a $10 Lenten Fish Dinner to support Junipero Serra School at the Carmel Mission, drive-in or take out from 5-8pm, 601-4910.

This Saturday, April 4, is CASA’s Lighting the Way big-hearted gala benefit. Mark Ayers in the kitchen, Dennis Murphy on the mic, David Bernahl in the spiffy suit, 455-6800.

It’s also Good Old Days in Pacific Grove all weekend – scores of food vendors, dozens of bands, one ecstatic Moe Ammar (www.goodolddaysparade.com).

Sunday, April 5, the AIWF (you should know what this means) does its annual Easter event, cracking open the history and secrets of omelets and other egg wonders (and some champy for mimosas too) at Roy and Mary Chamberlin’s in Carmel. Most rocking Easter bonnet wins a prize. 624-0830.

Max’s Grill in Pacific Grove to serve brunch on Easter Sunday – eggs Benedict, homemade ravioli, bistro steak, ham steak… prices range from $12.95 to $16.95, 375-7997. Bernardus’ Cal Stamenov has a good one going, too, with organic vegetables, naturally raised meats, farmhouse cheeses, and fresh fruit tarts, 658-3400.

Heller Estate Organic Vineyards pours a vertical tasting from large format bottles of 1980 Cabernets on Friday, April 17. Winemaker Rich Tanguay hosts, hors d’oeuvres circulate, discounts accumulate. Just $11-$13, 659-6220.

And the Chalone Appellation-pimping Pinnacles Wine Festival isn’t far off (Saturday, April 25). Nineteen of the wineries that have the magic Chal-App on their label and in their grapes, stunning volcanic rock backdrops and a dramatically dropped ticket price from years past ($50 before Friday, April 10), 678-2400.

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Food for thought on the affordable front: Cafe Fina (372-5200) and Dominico’s (372-3655) on the Wharf have a nice number accompanying a four-course locals special Tuesdays and Wednesdays (lunch or dinner): $12.95… for a chef’s choice app, house salad, choice of seafood, pasta or chicken entree and dessert. Parking is covered, too.

Locals days at Lattitudes at Lovers Point (658-0880), meanwhile, also descends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and is only $12.95 for three courses, with a glass of good wine for 99 cents (easy – it’s one a person).

At nearby Tillie Gort’s (373-0335), those two days mean 25 percent sliced off the entire menu. And weekdays a special breakfast menu (cinammon French toast, artichoke fritatas… ) is 50 percent off.

Not far from there is Schooners Bistro on the Bay (372-2628), one of the best places to soak up a view with your spirits, where they’re doing a happy hour for the first time I can remember. The Monterey Plaza Hotel spot is knocking $2 off every drink from 5-7pm daily – that means a 23-ounce glass of draft Monterey 1066 Pale Ale for $4.50 – and setting up a chef’s choice appetizer station just inside the door.

And I like the sound of the sound values (and music) of Hot Chili Nights at Baja Cantina: great deals on beers and margies from 3-6pm, $8.50 for a choice between burgers, barbecue beef sandwiches, ribs or tacos and all-you-can-slam sides (pasta, fries, coleslaw, brownies), free live music and complimentary collector-car gawking. Thursdays throughout the summer, 625-2252.

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A closing toast to Angie Souza, who just celebrated a quarter century behind the semi-secret gem that is the bar at Gianni’s. It’s a beautiful thing to have piquant personalities like her spicing up the local cioppino.