Holy crêpe! This Thursday, from 2 to 6 p.m., staffers at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake [1] will dish up free crêpes in three flavors — cheesy pesto, hot apple crispy and Nutella — to celebrate the eatery’s 1-year anniversary.

Greedy gobblers, take note: The gratuit versions will be a bit smaller than standard skinnies, with a limit of one per customer.

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You’ll have to burn some fuel to get there, but Lee Duberman and Richard Fink of Ariel’s Restaurant [2] in Brookfield are aiming to help strapped diners save money with an ongoing series of reasonably priced “Sunday Farm Suppers.”

The duo is charging a mere $20 per person for a three-course meal, with optional bottles of selected wines at $15 a pop. Each week, the menu will feature two appetizers and two entrées — diners get to select one of each — plus a sweet seasonal treat. Meat-free options are always on the list.

The main dishes at the inaugural supper last weekend were Misty Knoll [3] chicken with mole poblano and braised greens; and fresh pasta with asparagus, three-herb pesto and house-made ricotta.

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Foodies who haven’t picked up the recent special edition of Vermont Life [4] may want to track down a copy. Titled “Our Food, Our Farmers,” it boasts features about how to create a “perfect cheese board” with local cheeses; the role migrant workers play in Vermont agriculture; and how a group of visionaries, such as George Schenk of American Flatbread [5], Bill Suhr of Champlain Orchards [6] and the folks at NECI, has helped transform the Green Mountain state into a “food mecca.”

But the tasteful coverage doesn’t stop there. The issue’s web extras include a bunch of recipe demos from 2007’s “Vermont Chef of the Year,” Michael Kloeti of Michael’s on the Hill [7].

Soon to come on Vermont Life’s website is a sneak peek into Kloeti’s kitchen on a bustling Friday night. The editors call it “Vermont’s own Kitchen Confidential.” Judging by Anthony Bourdain’s gossipy, drug-addled tome, one can only hope the video is a little tamer than its tagline suggests.

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Kloeti and his wife Laura have plenty of other stuff on their plates, too. This Wednesday they host the first Vermont Fresh Network [8] Farmers’ Dinner of 2008, with a five-course menu inspired by the bounty of fresh local produce. On Thursday, they celebrate the resto’s sixth anniversary with a 20 percent discount on food and bottles of wine, and free chocolate truffles for customers.

Somehow the Kloetis find time for gardening — their organic plot is bursting with herbs and cherry tomatoes destined for the restaurant. And they’ve created a spiffy new cocktail menu featuring refreshing quaffs such as cucumber martinis, rhubarb-mint mojitos and strawberry-lemongrass fizzes. Bartender, I’ll have the garden in a glass . . .