Events with food, involving skill (7)
I believe the answer is:
parties
'events' is the definition.
(party is a kind of event)
'food involving skill' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'pies' (I've seen this before).
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'pies' enclosing 'art' is 'PARTIES'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for parties that I've seen before include "Fun affairs for political groups" , "They may be thrown" , "Celebrations" , "Celebrates" , "celebratory occasions" .)