Warm up the winter with cocktails and spirits

I'm posting several posts this week about healthy eating for the new year. But I want to keep things balanced, so here's a post that focused a little less on health and a little more on...well, booze. Here's a calendar of upcoming cocktail and spirits events. There are Scotch tastings, cocktail party classes, fancy dinners featuring special spirits, even a liquor-filled chocolate-making class.

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2012 cooking classes at Revel: kimchi, cocktails, dumplings and more

Have you checked out Revel yet? Right before I left Seattle on my road trip, a Co-Lunching event at the restaurant was my first trip there and my final 2011 Seattle food event. It was a delicious evening, and I understood why I'd been hearing so much positive buzz from the food world about it. 

If you've enjoyed food there, maybe you'd like to learn how they do it. Check out these cooking classes the restaurant is offering next year.

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Weeknight specials, week of September 19

This week: local chefs for local farms, Oyster Bill of Taylor Shellfish at Dahlia, "think and drink" about liquor laws with Charles Finkel of Pike Brewing, and a talk on "food, identity and health" at the Northwest African American Museum for their new IndiVisible exhibit on African-Native American Lives in the Americas.

Have a great week!

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Weeknight specials, week of September 12

This week starts out with two special events related to Washington Organic Week: a cocktail contest tasting and a special dining promotion. Then enjoy an end-of-summer luau and a class focused on rioja and paella.

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Sunny day cocktail ideas from around Seattle

I just posted some recipes for you to consider for the upcoming sunny weekend. If you’d like a cocktail to go with those dishes, check out some of these recipes from the Seattle food world.

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