Weeknight Highlights, Week of August 23

Happy Monday! The week's food events include sushi, sake, satay, vitamin D and "Food Heroes."

Also please check out the free event round-up on Freeattle, and the outdoor and nature event round-up on Seattle Natural Selection.

Monday, August 23: Looking for a restaurant that's open on Mondays? Chiso Sushi is and Seattle Weekly has a coupon for $4 sake and $4.50 sushi rolls from 4-6pm.

Tuesday, August 24: Satay Happy Hour at Whole Foods Westlake. "Join us for a brand new Westlake Happy Hour featuring satay, or meat on a stick! Our Prepared Foods Team Leader, Ferron, and friends will be preparing a variety of satay for your happy hour enjoyment. Options include: Ahi Poke with Daikon and Sweet Sesame Soy Sauce Curry Chicken Satay with Thai Peanut Sauce Shrimp Sticks with Sweet Chili Lime Sauce Only $3.75 for 3 satays and pickled vegetables. We'll also be serving up paired wine ($4.99) and beer ($1.99) to add to your afterwork happiness!"

Wednesday, August 25, 7pm: FREE! Nutrition Talk: Powerful Medicine: Vitamin D at East West Bookshop. "Dr. Messer [author of Powerful Medicine: Vitamin D; Shedding Light on a Worldwide Health Crisis] will be discussing how to safely achieve optimal vitamin D levels and how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the dangers associated with its deficiency."

Thursday, August 26, 7pm: FREE! Book Talk: "Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition" by Georgia Pellegrini at Elliott Bay Book Co. "The stories of sixteen artisanal food devotees—all foragers, harvesters, growers, or farmers—are told by food blogger Georgia Pellegrini in hew new book, Food Heroes; Sixteen Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). Here for the International Food Bloggers' Conference this weekend, Georgia Pellegrini will share her own love of ingredients "anchored to season and place," a passion nurtured within her during her own childhood in the Hudson Valley, and her days working at farm-to-table restaurants. One of the larger-than-life food advocates she profiles is Seattle 'fish missionary' Jon Rowley."