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This week: a food truck extravaganza in Renton, rabbit at Tavolàta, and free Earth Day burritos at Chipotle.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Apr 09, 2012 at 11:00AM 0 Comments

Ice-cream sandwich purveyors Street Treats will be at Harley Davidson in Renton on Saturday.

ALL WEEK
Earth Day at Chipotle
Chipotle is putting on an Earth Day deal: Buy a reuseable lunch bag (made out of repurposed Chipotle billboards) between now and April 14, and you’ll get a coupon for a free burrito on Earth Day, April 22.

THURSDAY April 12
Making Piece Reading
Journalist Beth Howard will be at the University of Washington bookstore at 7pm, chatting with Diane Mapes, a local author, and reading from her book Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie about her trip around the country, baking pies in an RV and sharing them with whomever she encountered.

SATURDAY April 14
Harley Davidson Anniversary Party
The downtown Renton Harley store is putting on a food cart extravaganza this Saturday. A dozen or so trucks will be at the event, including Street Treats, Bigfood, and Snout and Co. There are also promises of wood-fired oysters and plenty of bacon salt. And a Hendrix cover band. And the Go Go girls. And a zip line.

Locavore Lessons
The University of Washington’s Experimental College is offering a crash course in making the locavore ethic part of the everyday routine, with lessons in seasonal shopping, cooking, and eating. The four-part class will meet on Saturdays at 10, and the series is $90 for the general public, $66 for UW students.

SUNDAY April 15
Sunday Supper at Tavolàta: Rabbit
This month’s Sunday feast has a nice post-Easter theme…rabbit. Rabbit saddle stuffed with braised rabbit and dates stands at the center of the meal, surrounded by ravioli and watercress, carrots and spinach. The $50 meal ends with cupcakes—reservations are recommended.

BEYOND
April 20 Arcade Lights Place Market’s North Arcade is turning into a tasting paradise on Friday, April 20. Over 60 artisans will be offering up bits and sips, to the music of the market buskers. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of, and a ticket gets you 10 tasting tokens.

April 21 and 22 Passport to Woodinville Wine tastings galore in Woodinville—over 30 wineries will be participating in the two-day event. A shuttle bus is available to tipsy tasters as they explore the area. Tasting rooms will be open from 11 to 4 each day, and tickets are $65 for Sunday only, $75 for both days.

May 6 Mobile Food Rodeo In just under a month, 35 of the city’s best mobile food purveyors will gather together in Fremont for a massive food-cart fest. VIF tickets (get over the silly name and avoid the lines!) are available for $25. Full disclosure: Seattle Met is a sponsor.

June 2 Food Lust Tickets are on sale now for the annual Cascade Harvest Coalition benefit. The event, which takes place out on Willie Green’s Organic farm in Monroe, begins with a silent auction and appetizers, moves on to a meal celebrating the bounty of summer, and ends with a live auction. Tickets are $85 and available online.

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This weekend: Artisan cheese and Easter brunches abound.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Apr 02, 2012 at 12:00PM 0 Comments

Beer and cheese, lots of cheese, at the Artisan Cheese Fest this Saturday. We’ve got pairings to get excited about. Photo: Olivia Brent

MONDAY April 2
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
If the trailer is any indication, this is the most beautiful ode to sushi ever created. The documentary follows sushi chef Jiro Ono and his three Michelin–starred restaurant, and it’s playing for one week only at the Landmark Egyptian. There are multiple showings every day through Friday, April 6.

WEDNESDAY April 4
Think and Drink
Greenwood’s Naked City Brewery and Taphouse is hosting a night of intellectual discussion and beer; a classic pairing. The coordinators of the Happiness Initiative will lead a discussion about consumerism and happiness in post-war America at 7 pm.

THURSDAY April 5
The Saint’s Fourth Birthday
The tequila-obsessed Capitol Hill bar is celebrating its fourth year with special tequilas, drink specials, and a mariachi band. Happy hour starts at 5, the party really kicks off at 7, and reservations can be made by calling The Saint.

Lamb Dinner
The Corson Building is shifting into spring mode with a lamb dinner from 6 to 10. Reservations are recommended for the $35 meal.

SATURDAY April 7
Washington Artisan Cheese Festival
Cheesemongers and makers from all over the state will convene at the Seattle Design Center to bring Seattle a huge variety of cheeses to taste alongside other local foods and beverages. The event runs from noon to 6, and tickets are $35.

SUNDAY April 8
Easter Brunches
It’s Easter, national day of brunch. There are tons of restaurants around town putting on special meals—Sunday holds everything from turducken to pit-smoked ham. We’ve got tons of options for you.

TUESDAY April 10
Coyote Cooks Pop Up
The downtown center for adolescents has been putting on a monthly pop-up dinner helmed by notable local chefs (Tamara Murphy of Terra Plata most recently) the second Tuesday of every month. This month’s dinner from Ocho is sold out, but maybe there’s hope on the waitlist. On the docket for May: a Caribbean meal created by Island Soul, get your tickets quick.

BEYOND

September 20-23 Farm-to-Table Photography Workshop
Local photographer Clare Barboza will lead a three-day workshop on Whidbey Island for aspiring food photographers. Students will learn how to use natural light and effectively document stories about food through photography. The $1,250 price includes lodging, transportation, instruction, and wine.

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Boozy weekend: scotch abounds at John Howie and Hop Scotch, cask beer fest, and Taste Washington.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 26, 2012 at 12:30PM 0 Comments

Two chances for a taste of Glenmorangie this week. Photo courtesty of the Glenmorangie website.

THURSDAY March 29
Spirited Dining at John Howie
Two important men in the world of scotch will be at John Howie this Thursday; the master brand manager and master distiller from Glenmorangie. Each of the courses in the five-course dinner will be accompanied by a carefully chosen Glenmorangie spirit. (And some Scottish accents too, we hope.) The $125 dinner begins at 6:30.

SATURDAY March 31
Taste Washington
More than 200 wineries and dozens of chefs will be at the CenturyLink Event Center this weekend for two days of tastings. Saturday’s highlight: the Canlis Food and Wine Pairing Seminar. Sunday’s: Tom Douglas on the chef stage. Tickets run from $75 to $125, and include as many samplings as you can get your hands on. Careful, large-scale wine tasting can be dangerous, read up on survival strategies first.

Hop Scotch Beer and Scotch Festival
Taste beer, scotch, wine and other spirits in this two-day fundraiser for the Seattle International Film Festival. Tickets run from $15 to $30, and there are optional seminars to take part in to further your scotch knowledge.

Edible Book Festival
Both literary puns and cake abound at the seventh annual competition of homemade edible books. Some of last year’s winners: Un Berryable Lighness of Being and Lord of the Fries. (I like S’More and Peace and Don Quichote in particular.) The event begins at noon with viewing and voting, and the cakes will be eaten at two. If you’re a brilliantly nerdy baker, register your entry by midnight Wednesday, March 28.

Washington Cask Beer Festival
The Brewers Guild will convene at the Seattle Center to share, taste, and discuss more than 70 cask-conditioned beers. The celebration of brewers’ creativity (a favorite in the beer community) is divided into two sessions, one from noon to 4 and one from 5:30 to 9:30—both cost $35 in advance, $40 at the door.

MONDAY April 2
Kids Spring Break Camp
The Kirkland Sur La Table is willing to take your kids off your hands for three days. They’ll learn kitchen fundamentals for the first two days, then get down to what cooking is really all about on Wednesday with a competition. The $120 price tag is worth it just for what they’ll learn to make at home: cornflake crusted chicken fingers, caramel cheesecake bites, and homemade pretzels… (Also, an interesting adult class on Monday—Great Recipes of Seattle. Learn to make the Canlis salad and Dahlia coconut cream pie, among other legends.)

BEYOND
April 5 Savor SLU The SLU Discovery Center will host a variety of restaurants for a sampling of the neighborhood’s offerings on Thursday night at 5. The $35 ticket includes a glass of wine and bites from places like Cuoco and Lunchbox Laboratory.

April 15 Musical Plates, Seattle’s most raucous food tour, is hitting the streets again, this time with the band OK Sweetheart. Guests will be guided around the city to some of the most popular tables, with live music every step of the way. Tickets are $60 before April 6, $75 after, and the event runs for four hours.

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Historic Seattle menus at Roy Street Coffee, a Japanese confectionary open house, and, of course, St. Patrick’s Day.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 12, 2012 at 01:00PM 0 Comments

March 14 = 3.14 = Pi Day. Get it? Photo: Pie via Facebook.

WEDNESDAY March 14
Drinking Lessons
Bourbon is the honored guest of the evening for two sessions of Night School, the class series put on by the Sorrento Hotel and its Hunt Club bar. The classes begin at 6 and 8, cost $59, and will work through the history of bourbon and bourbon-based cocktail preparation.

Pi Day at Pie
In celebration of the mathematical constant, from noon to 3:14, hand pies are $3.14 and mini pies are…3 for $3.14 at Pie in Fremont (and did you hear about its plans for a new location?).

An Evening with Aldo Vacca
To celebrate a visit from an Italian wine expert and friend from the Piedmont region, Tom Douglas’s Cuoco will be offering a special three-course meal paired with Piedmont wines as well as a luscious six-course meal in the private dining room. The special dinner will be limited to 20 guests and costs $125.

THURSDAY March 15
John Howie Class Series
Steak man John Howie hosting a four-part series of business discussions at the Pan Pacific Hotel over the next few months. Each class begins at noon and costs $30, including lunch. The first lesson: how to order wine at a business dinner.

Keeping Chickens in the City
The Seattle Free School is putting on a class at the U District Library on how to get started on a backyard chicken coop. The class begins at 4:30 and you can register online.

Historic Menus
Hanna Raskin and other Seattle food folk will be gathering at Roy Street Coffee and Tea to discuss the history of menus in the city. MOHAI is sponsoring the event and the Seattle Public Library will be breaking out a portion of its collection of historic menus. The event is free and begins at 7.

SATURDAY March 17
Ballard St. Patrick’s Day Festival
The Ballard Odd Fellows hall will be hosting a family-friendly St. Pat’s Day party, complete with live entertainment, lots of food, and a full bar. The event starts at 10 and chugs along till midnight. Entrance is $10 and the proceeds will benefit Sustainable Ballard and Ballard Food Bank.

Irish Festival
The Irish Heritage Club is putting on a two-day Irish fest at the Seattle Center. Admission is free, and the exhibition hall is sure to be filled with clovers and merriment. A highlight: there’s a kids “Smilingest Irish Eyes Contest.”

SUNDAY March 18
Tokara Open House
Phinney Ridge’s traditional Japanese confectionary Tokara is holding a sweets open house from 1 to 6. A reservation $10 will get you a special box of season-specific treats (with names like spring fog and berry girl) and a peek inside the candy-making shop.

BEYOND
April 27
Copperleaf Restaurant is putting on a celebrity chef dinner and auction to support FoodLifeline, a non-profit that is working to end hunger in Western Washington. Thierry Rautureau, Jonathan Sundstrom, and other well-known local chefs will each be preparing a piece of the five-course meal. Tickets are $175, and there will be both a live and silent auction.

May 16 and onward
FareStart is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a year of exciting events. First up, a dinner hosted by chef Thierry Rautureau. Later on, an anniversary bash in Fremont, an auction in October, and another guest chef night in November. Tickets and more information here.

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Skillet eats, crab at the Corson Building, Check, Please! airs, and clam-digging season begins.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 05, 2012 at 01:00PM 0 Comments

Dungeness crab extravaganza at the Corson Building on Thursday.

WEDNESDAY March 7

Giving Grill for Whole Planet Foundation
Shrimp po’boys for a good cause at the Westlake Whole Foods. A sandwich, chips, and a drink can be yours for a $5 donation, which goes to Whole Foods’ foundation supporting microfinance and microenterprise in developing nations.

THURSDAY March 8

Cast Iron Skillet, Big Flavors
Seattle-based mother-daughter team Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne will be at the Book Larder, illuminating the world of the cast iron skillet with their book Cast Iron Skillet Big Flavors. The free event begins at 6:30 and promises skillet-prepared samples.

Dungeness Dinner
The Corson Building, the communal dining destination by Matt Dillon of Sitka and Spruce, is hosting a Dungeness crab dinner. The crustacean-centric feast costs $40.

Skillet Heirloom Pig Event
The Skillet crew received an entire Tamworth pig this weekend courtesy of Vashon butcher Farmstead Meatsmith. Hence both diner and truck(s) are planning a pig-centric menu items to use this noble animal in its entirety. A special Heirloom Pig tasting menu starts today at 5pm at the diner, running $55 for the meal, or $85 paired with local wines. The famous waffle will be dressed up for the event: braised and glazed pork belly with a bacon caramel waffle. The mobile version of Skillet will also have a special pork banh mi from 11 to 2.

Mushroom Identification Class Series
Puget Sound Mycological Society’s four-part class series for beginner mushroom enthusiasts begins on Thursday at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture. The classes will cover collecting and, more importantly, identifying poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms.

Crab and Prawn Boil at Salty’s
The Salty chefs at the Alki Beach and Redondo Beach locations will be boiling up pounds upon pounds of crab and prawns, and $35 gets you in on the action. The restaurant recommends making reservations for the meal, the price of which includes a pound and a half of seafood plus bread, chowder, salad, and a pint of hefeweizen.

Check, Please!
The show dedicated to everyone’s favorite activity, discussing and/or debating local restaurants, led by local food personality Amy Penningon airs today at 7 on KCTS 9.

SATURDAY March 10

Razor Clam Season
The clam-digging season is tentatively set to start on Saturday, as long as toxin tests and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife declare the clams safe to eat. Digs are planned to coincide with morning low tides, and the WDFW website has specific locations and times listed.

SUNDAY March 11

Cochon 555
Worth the trip: the fourth annual pig fest may not be happening in Seattle, but it’s on in Portland. Five Portland chefs will be preparing a pork heavy menu (accompanied by five winemakers) for a culinary competition and massive snout-to-tail meal, all in the name of promoting sustainable pig farming practices. Tickets range from $125 to $250, and past menus have included everything from pig skin beignets to root beer floats made with smoked fatback gelato.

MONDAY March 12

Walla Walla Wine
Washington Wine Month continues with a bevy of Walla Walla wines coming west to Seattle for the day. Sodo Park (don’t worry, it’s actually inside) will host dozens of wineries for a tasting. The event is open to the public from 6 to 9, and tickets are $40.

BEYOND

March 14 Pi Day at Pie from noon to 314, hand pies are (can you guess?) $3.14 and mini pies are 3 for…$3.14.

March 14 Colorful be-hatted chef Thierry Rautureau will be leading a lamb butchery demo in the Rover’s kitchen. A front row seat and a 3-course lunch with wine for $125.

March 27 Cafe Presse is hosting its second communal dinner, part of the 12th Avenue restaurant’s new Corner Table series that is becoming a monthly fixture. Four courses for $24, $39 with wine.

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Desserts with Gail Simmons, Brown-bag lunches at Volunteer Park Café, and oysters on the beach with Taylor Shellfish.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 27, 2012 at 11:00AM 0 Comments

Shucking lessons and all the oysters you’ve ever dreamed of. This Saturday on the beach with Taylor Shellfish.

WEDNESDAY February 29

Dessert Party with Gail Simmons
The Book Larder and Tom Douglas are bringing Gail Simmons, host of Top Chef: Just Desserts, to the Palace Ballroom for an evening of sweets and discussion. The $45 ticket includes desserts prepared by the Douglas team, a glass of wine, a signed copy of Simmons’ book Talking With My Mouth Full, and some insight on how one becomes a professional dessert-eater.

Rub With Love Pop-Up
Seatown’s monthly Rub With Love pop-up is back, this time East Indian-themed, with the Bengal Masala Rub taking center stage. Drop by for an inexpensive meal —or if you miss it, don’t fret: some of the pop-up menu items will make their way onto the happy hour menu for the rest of the month.

Leap Day at Pagliacci
The local pizza chain is taking a trip back to 1984—another leap year—and dropping prices down to what they were 28 years ago. Grab a slice of cheese pizza for 90 cents, pepperoni for 95 cents, combo for $1.20 and primo for $1.35 at the U-District, Broadway, and Queen Anne locations.

THURSDAY March 1

Gail Simmons at the Book Larder
If you missed Gail at the Palace Ballroom on Wednesday, you’ll get another shot on Thursday morning at 9:30 at the Book Larder. This event is only $25, and you’ll get the book, a cup of Caffe Vita coffee, and some quality time with Gail in the Book Larder kitchen.

FRIDAY March 2

Poverty Bay Wine Festival
The Des Moines Rotary Club’s eighth annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival begins Friday and runs through Sunday. More than twenty Washington wineries will be in attendance, and $25 gets you 10 tasting tokens.

Lunch Break for Schools
Volunteer Park Café will be raising money for the American Culinary Federation’s Chefs Move to Schools program with a classic brown-bag lunch. The $12 lunch bags hold a totally non-disappointing old-school lunch: a sandwich, parfait, carrots, and milk. All organic, of course, and available for pick-up before school or to enjoy in the café.

SATURDAY March 3

Hard Liver Barleywine Festival
The 10th annual Barleywine Fest begins its three-day run this Saturday at Brouwer’s Café in Fremont. The fest will have dozens of varieties of the strong ale (usually 8 to 12 percent alcohol) to taste.

Streets and Beets
Hundreds of bikers will be pedaling 70 miles from the city down to Seattle Tilth Farm Works in Auburn to raise money for and awareness about the inequalities in the food system. Registration will run you $25 and includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and riders are expected to raise at least $100 in donations to participate.

Samish Sip n’ Slurp
Taylor Shellfish and non-profit Skagit Conservation Education Alliance are putting on an evening of wine, shucking lessons, and as many oysters as you can eat. The $75 event begins at 6 on the beach at the Taylor Farm oyster beds.

SUNDAY March 4

Sausage and Bacon Workshop
A meaty departure from the routine cooking classes: a sausage making and bacon-curing workshop. The $70 class will cover bacon, smoked garlic hot dogs, Italian sausage, and apple chicken breakfast sausage. The class begins at 2 at Cook’s World and is limited to 12 students.

TUESDAY March 6

Shellfish Shindig
Every Tuesday till April 18, Tom Douglas seafood restaurant Etta’s will be hosting a messy, delicious Shellfish Shindig. Call ahead and reserve your bucket of clams, mussels, shrimp, and vegetables (with bread for sauce-soaking as well as sautéed greens and cornbread pudding and coconut cream pie), $30 per person, with a minimum of 2 people.

BEYOND

March 8
Crab and Prawn Boil at Salty’s
The Salty’s chefs will be boiling up pounds of crab and prawns for a Thursday feast. The restaurant recommends making reservations for the $35 meal, which includes a pound and a half of seafood plus bread, chowder, salad, and a pint of hefeweizen.

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Taste Skillet’s spring menu, learn about cider making, or spend a Sunday with roast pork and beer.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 20, 2012 at 01:00PM 0 Comments

Learn about the journey from apple orchard to apple cider at the Annual Cider Makers Dinner.

WEDNESDAY February 22

Skillet Street Food Spring Tasting Event
Taste-test popular food truck Skillet’s new spring menu at the food and drink open-house event at Melrose Market. Bluebird Microcreamery and a few other local vendors will be around as well. From 5 to 8.

THURSDAY February 23

Kitchen Remodeling 101
Ballard culinary learning center Dish It Up is hosting kitchen designer Bill VanSchoyck and architect Carol Sundstrom for a class on how to launch into a kitchen remodel—focusing specifically on cabinetry and surfaces. The seminar is free, a there will be wine and snacks to go along with the discussion.

FRIDAY February 24

Trellis and Hopworks Beer Pairing Dinner
For the second time, Kirkland restaurant Trellis and Portland brewery Hopworks are pairing up to put on a beer-pairing event. The $75 price tag gets you in for both the hour-long beer reception and the five-course dinner, each course paired with an organic Hopworks brew, of course.

SATURDAY February 25

Washington Beer Open House
More than 40 breweries across the state open their doors and roll out the good stuff for the second-annual open house event. Between noon and 5, beer geeks can explore new breweries or sample some limited releases at familiar taprooms. Making a day of it? Don’t worry; there’s a map for that.

Northwest Cider Association’s 2nd Annual Cider Maker’s Dinner
Schmooze with cider makers at the Lake Union Yacht Club, sampling their products and learning about the process. After hors d’ouerves, enjoy a three-course dinner—every plate enlivened by cider. $85 for non-members, the ticket price includes dinner and drinks.

Saveur Cooks Italian Classics
Bon Vivant cooking school will be partnering up with food mag Saveur to explore traditional Italian cooking. On the menu: classics such as broccoli rabe and lasagna, as well as ragu and paté. The class price, starting at $78, includes a year’s subscription to Saveur and a tote bag full of samples.

SUNDAY February 26

Snouts and Stouts
Starting now, the last Sunday of every month is now devoted to local beer and local pork at Little Water Cantina in Eastlake. Chef-owner Shannon Wilkinson will be roasting a whole pig out on the patio and dishing it up as pork tacos alongside the monthly beer of choice. $15 gets you a heaping plate of tacos and a pint of beer (and rice and beans.)

Seattle Wine and Food Experience
Oregon wine is the special focus of this year’s mega-exploration of food and spirits. From noon to 5pm, the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall is turned over to wines from near and far, and plenty of local restaurants offering bites. If wine’s not your thing, a new distillery row and beer and cider exhibit offer other forms of alcohol-based education. Tickets are $49 now, and $60 in cash at the door.

TUESDAY February 28

National Pancake Day
It’s that time again: free pancakes. In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP locations will be slinging free buttermilk pancakes, with the expectation that the syrup-saturated diners will leave a donation for Seattle Children’s Hospital in return.

NOW through March 4

A Taste of Trees
The arboreal-themed “A Taste of Trees” is back at The Herbfarm through March 4. Every plate in the nine-course meal has been somehow tree’d; whether smoked with applewood, braised with spices extracted from wood, or seasoned with the seeds, nuts, leaves, or needles of Northwest greenery. Dinners begin at 7 and last four to five delicious hours. They’re held Thurdsay–Sunday, and a meal will run you $169-$195, depending on the day.

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Maxime Bilet brings Modernist Cuisine to Book Larder, Tom Douglas presents the second annual Slainte at Palace Ballroom.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Jan 23, 2012 at 01:30PM 0 Comments

Hang out with Modernist Cuisine coauthor Maxime Bilet at Book Larder on February 2.

Photo courtesy of modernistcuisine.com

MONDAY January 23

It’s National Pie Day today, and though you probably didn’t get the day off work, maybe you can convince your boss buy you one of High 5 Pie’s new pies to celebrate. Latest flavor additions include dark chocolate lavender cream pie, apple-cranberry-walnut pie, corned beef and cabbage, and more.

WEDNESDAY January 25

To celebrate the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns, chef Brock Johnson of Dahlia Lounge and Scotch guy Richard Hill are putting their heads together for the 2nd Annual Slainte, a celebration of Scotland, with a five-course dinner paired with scotch. Tickets are $65 and available online.

THURSDAY January 26

Tickets are still available for Local 360’s first annual Oyster Shindig. The shucking showdown starts at 3:30 with a $250 grand prize. Come witness the action for $25, which includes oysters and wine.

Two Beers Brewing brewed a special Midnight Mass beer to support the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). The last two kegs will be featured at The Feedback Lounge during an auction—cohosted by Two Beers and Beer Church—of autographed Pearl Jam memorabilia. The 21-and-up benefit starts at 7 and is free to enter.

FRIDAY January 27

Starting Friday at 7 and running through the weekend, Port Townsend gathers up over 30 breweries and more than 60 different great beers from our region during the Strange Brewfest. Tickets for the eighth annual fest are $25 and available online.

SATURDAY January 28

Just a few spots remain for the third Chef’s Tour of the Market, this one is hosted by Jelle Vandenbroucke of ART Restaurant. A $75 outlay gets you on the tour of Pike Place Market and into SieMatic Seattle for a meal and demo afterward.

MONDAY January 30

Kathy Gunst’s literary cookbook Notes from a Maine Kitchen explores the culinary environment of the Pine Tree State, from smelt to lobster to blueberry pie. Free at 6:30, Gunst will present her stories at Book Larder, along with a nosh from the book.

BEYOND

Feb 2 If you missed Nathan Myrhvold at Town Hall, here’s your next chance to get up close with one of the authors of Modernist Cuisine, the epic gastronomical tome. If you were planning to buy the book, get it from Book Larder and you’ll get tickets to see Maxime Bilet demo some of the tome’s techniques and answer any and all culinary questions.

Feb 7 For $20, join Rupert Symington of Symington Family Estates at Ting Momo for A Port Primer. Seven wines will be tasted, along with paired bites like Oregon blue cheese with smoked cherries and coffee rubbed smoked beef.

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Ugly sweater Christmas party at Skillet, sparkling wines with Tom Douglas, and locaboozing at Poquitos.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Dec 19, 2011 at 10:50AM 0 Comments

Poquitos will be mixing up cocktails with locally crafted Sound Spirits liquors on Monday night.

MONDAY December 19

The Poquitos Monday-night showcase of local distillers continues from 9 to 11 tonight. Steven Stone of Sound Spirits will be there, with $5 drinks featuring his Ebb and Flow vodka and gin to boot.

Join the Tom Douglas team and the Wine Press Club at Seatown from 5:30 to 7 to sample sparkling wines. For $50, try vinos from France, Spain, Italy, and Oregon, along with three paired seafood noshes. Tickets are available online.

FRIDAY December 23

Skillet Diner is hosting an ugly sweater Christmas party from 4 to 9 with eggnog cocktails, yuletide soul music, and pictures with Santa, aka chef Brian O’Conner—the jolliest, most tatted-up Santa you could ever hope for.

BEYOND

Jan 8 Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, proprietors of local favorite Revel, kick off a series of twelve cooking classes with a holiday detox session on January 8. Classes run from 2 to 4 and are limited to 14 participants—who will enjoy wine and take-home snacks. Preregistration is required by phone at 206-547-2040 or online. Individual classes are $60, or buy a package of three for $165 or six for $300. Classes are held once a month through December 2012.

Jan 14 Starting in the middle of the month and continuing for five consecutive Saturdays, tour Pike Place Market under the guidance of a local chef. Simon Zatyrka of Cutters Bayhouse hosts the first of the tours, which run from 9 to 1 and cost $75 per person. Up to 14 people can sign up; the tours end at SieMatic Seattle with a cooking demo and light meal.

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A very Ikea Christmas, Tom Douglas teaches holiday cooking, and Nathan Myhrvold at Town Hall.

Posted by: Brian Colella on Dec 05, 2011 at 09:30AM 0 Comments

Tonight: MistralKitchen’s Arabesque dinner series.

Photo: Andrew Waits

MONDAY December 5

MistralKitchen’s Arabesque series of Monday-night dinners continues tonight with an Israeli-themed menu. Meals come two ways: a $45 tasting menu or a modified version of the a la carte menu, served in the restaurant’s casual-side dining room, along with regionally inspired drinks. This is the last of the Israeli cuisine’s four dates, the next four special dinners will focus on North Africa’s Maghreb region (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco).

Future Top Chef guest judge and coauthor of the six-volume, Homeric-level food epic Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold will be at Town Hall from 7:30 to 9. Tickets are $5 through Brown Paper Tickets,.

TUESDAY December 6

The Harvest Vine and PCC are teaming up for a special dinner event at 6:30 featuring Spanish wines from Casa Ventura Imports. The four-course, $65-a-plate dinner menu includes butternut squash soup, pear salad, roasted trout, braised lamb shank, and spaghetti squash–preserves filled crepes to top it off. Each of the nonsoup courses comes paired with wine.

WEDNESDAY December 7

Tom Douglas is going to be at the downtown Macy’s to demonstrate some of his favorites from the Macy’s Thanksgiving and Holiday Cookbook. If you’re excited about holiday cooking, don’t miss this opportunity to get up close with Seattle’s most admired, most overrated, most titanic chef. Reservations can be made by calling 800-786-2665; space is limited.

Free at the Book Larder, Donia Bijan shares her book Maman’s Homesick Pie, about her youth in Tehran and culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu. The event runs from 6:30 to 8 and guests will enjoy samples of flavors from the book’s 30 recipes.

THURSDAY December 8

From 4 to 5 at the Book Larder, the British Baking Awards’ Continental Patissier of the Year Eric Lanlard brings his new book Cake Boy and discusses life as a top baker. The event is free to all and will have samples of a treat from the book, which features home recipes for meringues, cheesecakes, pastries, and more.

FRIDAY December 9

Ikea Seattle is getting into the holiday spirit with a Swedish Christmas Julbord Celebration from 5:30 to 8. Prices are stereotypically retail—$9.99 for adults and $2.49 for kids 12 and under (13-year-olds are adults?). Contact the restaurant at 425-656-2980 to make a reservation.

SUNDAY December 11 SATURDAY December 10

Art Restaurant and Lounge is hosting a chocolate buffet for families that will include triple chocolate mousse cake, double chocolate cheesecake, chocolate tiramisu, and more. For $20 (adult) chow down on chocolate from 3 to 5 while your kids listen to John Skewes read from his children’s book Larry Gets Lost in Seattle. If you miss it there’s another one on the 18th.

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