It's a peripatetic weekend. Seattle's food events take you from Scandinavia to the Spice Route to the blustery British Isles to Japanese sumo and sake. Or you can stay in one place and yet have a Mobile Chowdown.

Check it all out below and if your fancy is somehow not met, also check out the Food Event Calendar for even more, if you can believe it.

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Welcome back to the work week! Here are some evening events for your post-work enjoyment this week.

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Image from the Russian Foods Market TourAs I've mentioned, I've been reluctant to commit to having this as a guaranteed regular feature on the site because, I mean, enough's enough, really.

But then this week, I heard from Facebook fan that she'd used this last weekend to go to three free tastings (awesome!). AND, this week I posted the Russian Foods Market Tour, featuring this picture of Georgian wines...and wouldn't you know it, there's a FREE! tasting of Georgian wines this very Sunday.  

So how could I NOT post this round-up today?  And, voila, here it is...

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Normally I am here to be your bacchanalian cheerleader, let’s eat it, drink it, merry it up!

But every once in a while, I have to bring out the Stern Lecture. And today is such a day. Today I must once again deliver the “Don’t wait until the last minute to make plans” lecture.

You might be wondering: what brought this on? It’s not Valentine’s Day or New Year’s Eve.  Why would a Stern Lecture be necessary during some random week in March? 

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We are just a couple weeks away from St. Patrick's Day!  It's time to eat soda bread, drink a Guinness, and take a shot of Jameson (or maybe just eat a cupcake made with it). 

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I am very excited to announce the newest feature on Fresh-Picked Seattle!

Like many people who love to cook, I am fascinated by the food products of other countries. Also like many people who love to cook, I love to visit the grocery stores in foreign countries almost as much as I like to visit a museum or tourist hot spot. What better way to try to learn about another culture than to see how everyday folks like me feed themselves their regular meals?

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Happy Monday! Hope you had an excellent weekend. Here are the picks for your weeknights this week, and a quick heads-up: be sure to check back on the site often this week. In addition to the regular features, there will be a few special additions and a listing to get you ready for St. Patrick's Day!

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Now, I don't want to make any promises I can't keep. I am already up to four regular features between here and Freeattle (Three for Free on Facebook fan page, Weeknight Highlights evening food events round-up here and This Week in Freeattle all on Monday, and then the On the Menu weekend food event highlights here on Thursdays.)

So I can't guarantee I'll do a free wine tasting round-up for every weekend here on Fresh-Picked, but let's live for the moment! And in this moment, here is a round-up for this weekend.

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Fresh-Picked HQ was stricken with a hard drive crash this week. Needless to say, it’s a bit out of sorts here. So I’m not going to make an attempt to lead into this weekend’s highlights with any sort of cutesy preamble. Just know there are a bunch of great events this weekend.  I especially want to highlight the “Empty Bowls” event on Saturday. It sounds like a great cause and fun event. Check it out!

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With the gorgeous weather we’ve been having, you are probably not at a loss for ideas about what to do when you’re not at work.  But the sun has to go down at some point, and you might want an indoor activity. So here are a few ways you could spend an evening out this week.

Also check out This Week in Freeattle for a whole week chock-a-block of free things to do.

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