The Chefs 4x4 dinners began many years back in Spa City, spread to parts south such as Albany and are now coming back, courtesy of the intrepid chefs of Capriccio Saratoga, Javier’s, One Caroline Street Bistro and The Wine Bar.

Javier Rodriguez, owner of the nuevo Latino restaurant Javier’s at 17 Maple Ave., explained how the collaboration works.

“We will have all four chefs working at one restaurant once a month,” he said. “We will have a prix fixe menu, and each chef will prepare one of the dishes on it.”

A prix fixe menu is a collection of predetermined items presented as a multi-course meal at a set price. For instance, one evening a restaurant may offer a prix fixe menu of escargot for the first course, beef bourguignon for the second course, a cheese platter for the third course and crème brûlée for the dessert course.

The four chefs are currently meeting to decide on dates, courses and desserts. More information will be coming soon, Rodriguez said.

--Jennie