On the Menu This Weekend, August 27 & 29

Image via Flickr user Wild TofuLots of tasty stuff on deck this weekend. Beer, fruit, festivals, wine, cheese, wild food, juicing, and more!

Also don't forget to enter the Cantabulous Fresh-Picked Giveaway to win a copy of Urban Pantry and some delicious preserves! And there's a giveaway over on Seattle Natural Selection as well, check it out!

For even more to do, you can also see the free event round-up on Freeattle and the outdoor/nature event round-up on Seattle Natural Selection.

Festivals

• IPA Festival in Tacoma (Click here for more beer events.)
• Summer Fruit Festival in Mt. Vernon (Click here for more summer food events.)
• Tibet Fest
• Lakewood International Festival (Click here for more global cuisine events.)
• Slavic Culture Festival (Click here for a photo tour of a local Russian market.)

Friday, August 27, 2010

• DJ Dance and "Wear All White" Party. "Join us at the Matthews Estate House for a Hampton’s style “Wear All White” Party as we welcome back DJ Darin Hanson for another fun filled evening. Wearing all white is your ticket to the night. We will be serving complimentary appetizers, featuring a lounge-style selection of music by DJ Darin and glass pours starting at $6.00/glass. Wear your fashionable whites, drink some Matthews wine, and stay to the end when the DJ starts to rock it out for the White Party!"  (Click here for more wine events.)
• 4pm: FREE! All about POTATOES! Chef Seth Caswell Demo at the Phinney Farmers Market. (Click here for more farmers market demos.)
• 5-9pm: Northwest Beer and Hand-Crafted Cheese Pairing Party at Urbane Seattle. "$17 Enjoy an evening of true Northwest style tastings with the finest regional brews alongside rich, aromatic cheeses. Sample five pairings in all, prepared specially by the chefs at Urbane. Guests will enjoy the subtle carbonation and malt of Full Sail Brewery balanced with artisanal sharp and mild cheeses. Come taste how craft beer is challenging the supremacy of wine as the ultimate pairing to cheese." (Click here for more cheese events.)

Saturday, August 28

• 10am: Wilderness Walks - Nature's Remedy Ethnobotany Walk at Lewis Creek Park. "On this walk, learn how the local Native Americans used plants for food, clothing and medicine." (Click here for more wild foods events.)
• 10am-12pm: FREE! Family Food Event: Make Vegetarian Sushi. For ages 7 & younger. See original posting for RSVP info. (In Issaquah on Saturday and repeats on Sunday in Seattle.) (Click here for more family food events.)
• 12pm: FREE! Chef George dePasquale of The Essential Baking Company Georgetown Farmers Market Demo. (Click here for more bread and pizza events.)
• 1-5pm: Ring Around the Needle Pub Crawl Event. Pub crawl to benefit Melissa  Erickson who has ALS. (Click here for more charitable events.)
• 5pm: Salmon-Chanted Evening at Victor Steinbrueck Park. $15 Come and enjoy a hearty salmon dinner among the splendor of Seattle's Pike Place Market. Our goal of this event is to celebrate this historic area of our city and inspire a commitment to increased park security and generate consistent, positive community presence in the area. All proceeds will benefit the Seattle Parks Department and the Pike Place Senior Center. Come on down and join us for a plate of salmon and a lot of fun in one of Seattle's most iconic parks!" (Click here for more seafood events.)

Sunday, August 29

• 10am-12pm: FREE! Family Food Event: Make Vegetarian Sushi. For ages 7 & younger. See original posting for RSVP info. (In Issaquah on Saturday and on Sunday in Seattle.) 
• 11am-1pm: FREE! Mercer Island Farmers Market: Juicing Demo & Sampling.
• 11am-2pm: Cheese-a-Topia Public Cheese Sale.
• 8pm: African Music at Hidmo. High-energy pop music of Guinea, with a group brought to you by Edward Souarez (Guinea), the best African trap-set drummer and vocalist this side of the Atlantic.