Fonte's Holiday Blend; Fundraiser Cooking Classes at Porkchop & Co.

FUNDRAISING WIRE — Fonté is raising money for Pike Market Childcare and Preschool for the 22nd year with its Holiday Blend coffee. Roaster Steve Smith describes his blend as "heavy bodied with notes of candied fruit, bright apple and mango with a long clean chocolate finish.” The coffee will be on sale through the new year. [EaterWire]

BALLARD — Porkchop & Co. is raising money for the Ballard Food Bank and the Hunger Intervention Program through a series of cooking classes taught by local chefs. The classes start on January 19 with Laura Pyles of Parchment teaching a pie-making class. More information and tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets. [EaterWire]

ARBITRARY LISTICLES — Melrose Market landed a spot in Travel + Leisure's list of America's Best Food Halls. The building is noted as "the go-to gourmet market for residents of Capitol Hill and beyond." [T+L]