Seattle Food Events Calendar Highlights Jun 27 – Jul 6

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And we're back!

After a brief, five-month delay, I have returned to both updating the food events calendar and providing weekly highlights.  Here is the set from now through the end of the July 4th weekend.  (As a reminder, these highlights are completely capricious and based solely on things I think sound interesting.)

As always, please see Seattle Food Events Calendar page for FULL calendar (as there's more than just these highlights) and if any of the below highlights interest you, you can find more details and contact info in the actual Calendar itself.

And don't forget: farmers markets farmers markets farmers markets! 

THIS WEEK (plus some)

Saturday, Jun 28:

• Chef Franz Junga of Il Fornaio takes you on a tour of Pike Place Market.  Starts at 9:30 AM.  With lunch!
• Baby Food Cooking Demo at University District Farmers Market. 10am.
• Iranian Festival!  With Iranian food served from 12-8pm.  I won't be going but maybe I will finally be inspired to use the pomegranate molasses I bought a million years ago.

Sunday, Jun 29:

• Another Pike Place Market Chef Tour, this time with Chef Joseph Conrad of Qube. Starts at 9:30 am.
• FREE! Berry Sampling at West Seattle Farmers Market. 11am.
• FREE! Summer Sunday Chef Demonstrations at Pike Place Market: Chef Jim Drohman from Le Pichet.  Starts at 12pm.
• Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere! Dinner and Fair at Garfield Community Center.  Fair is free, with "local organizations, small businesses, and food producers dedicated to food justice, fairer trade and farm policies, urban gardening and immigrants' rights. Also enjoy live music, a local farmer meet & greet, community art project, and food and beverages from local wineries and breweries!"  Starts at 3pm.  Dinner will have chefs from La Medusa, Portage Bay Café and Stumbling Goat Bistro.  Requires tickets, sliding scale ($10-30), 6-9pm.

Monday, Jun 30:

• Homage to Local Producers Monday Dinner at Tilth, featuring Farmgirl Collective.
• Science on Tap at Ravenna location.  Sally James, science and medical writer will discuss "Brevity is Complex: How Science is Reported in the Media;" 7pm.

Tuesday, Jul 1:

• Only 30 days left to buy me a birthday present!
• Reisling and food pairing dinner at Flying Fish featuring wines from Chateau Ste. Michelle. 

Wednesday, Jul 2:

• FREE! Composting for Apartment Dwellers class thru Seattle Tilth.  5pm near Pike Place.  Pre-registration required.
• FREE! Cooking Demo by Wali Khairzada, Owner of Afghan restaurant Kabul.  Time is not listed, but it will be at Wallingford Farmers Market, which runs from 3-7pm.  I will be calling the organizers and will update with info ASAP.

Thursday, Jul 3: FareStart - Reservations Open for 08/14/08 Chef Tamas Ronyai of Centerplate.

Friday, Jul 4:

• Seattle Beer Fest! Running through Sunday.
• Probably some fireworks or something!

Sunday, Jul 6:

• FREE! Cooking Demo: Herbal Vinegar-Making for Kids. 11am at West Seattle Farmers Market.
• Monster Milk and Cookie Bake: "PCC is joining forces with Immaculate Baking Company and Organic Valley to host one sweet event — the baking of a 10-foot wide cookie!" 12-3pm.
• FREE! Summer Sunday Chef Demonstrations at Pike Place Market: Chef Seth Caswell of Stumbling Goat.  Starts at 12pm.

COMING UP

• Farestart Guest Chef on the Waterfront Event on Jul 9.  "50 of the Seattle area’s most talented chefs, breweries, wineries and purveyors of fine food. It's a celebration of fabulous fare, games, live jazz and a sparkling sunset, emceed by Chef Dan Thiessen, with all proceeds directly benefiting FareStart’s job training and placement program." Tickets on sale now. 6-9pm.
• Fabulous Female Winemakers of the Northwest Featuring Winemaker Kay Simon at Flying Fish on Jul 11.  Reservations now available.  6:30pm.
• FareStart: As of Jun 26, space still available for Chef Darin Leonardson of Toscano (Jul 17), Chef David Olson of Bis on Main (Jul 24) and Chef Seth Caswell of Stumbling Goat (Leslie's birthday, aka Jul 31).
• Sunday Supper at TASTE at SAM on Sunday, Aug 3.  Featuring Lummi Island Wild.  "The five-course dinner showcases reefnet caught wild salmon from Lummi Island Wild, located off the Straight of Georgia on Northern Washington’s Lummi Island."  Contact TASTE for reservations.  5:30pm.