If humankind never learned to play with its food, it would never have learned to play with its ingredients, and the world would be one bereft bowl of gruel. Taste the fruits of culinary creativity with today's Groupon: for $10, you get two tickets to the London Wine & Food Show, taking place at the Western Fair. Choose from the following dates:

• Friday, January 14, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
• Saturday, January 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
• Sunday, January 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The sixth-annual London Wine & Food Show stuffs the cheek-pouches of hibernating epicureans with enough savoury samples of fine wine, spirits, beer, and gourmet cuisine to enliven winter's torpor. Grazing gourmands can mix and mingle with others of their kind as they view cooking demonstrations, tour exhibits showcasing local vendors, and participate in tasting seminars. On Friday, the show hosts a grapey Girls' Night Out with prizes, entertainment, and enough vinous libations to unleash every woman's inner Cher vibrato. Food Network celebrity chef Corbin Tomaszeski of Dinner Party Wars haunts the Food Network Stage on Sunday to share his tips for throwing top-notch feasts, moveable or otherwise.