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Seattle, WA 98134
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It's pear season. Yes, really: varieties like Bronze Beauty, Bosc, 20th Century, and Kosui are available at farmers markets this week. The frilly, wrinkly, and newly hip Dino kale is also available for your leaf-eating pleasure. Visit the Pike Place Market, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m.–5 p.m., located at Pike and First Avenue, along Pike Place. To find a market in your neighborhood, visit www.dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/farms/farmers_markets.htm.
Advance registration or reservations are recommended for most of the following events. Prices exclusive of tax and gratuity unless otherwise noted.
Drink Up
November 24-26
If you're considering walking off some of Thursday's indulgence, you might want to venture out to the Yakima Valley for Thanksgiving in Wine Country. Tour 45 Yakima Valley wineries, and enjoy library tastings with paired autumnal noshes. $20 includes a Wine Yakima glass. Various times, 800-258-7270, www.wineyakimavalley.org. YAKIMA VALLEY
Saturday, November 25
Visit Pike Place Market for a bit of early holiday cheer; carolers stroll the Market from 4 to 6 p.m., Woodring Orchards offers samples of hot cider (2–5 p.m.), and the Holiday Food Drivebegins (2–5 p.m.): bring five items of canned food for the Downtown Food Bank and receive a free tote bag (while supplies last). At 5 p.m., the Market will plug in 10,000 lights to mark the beginning of the holiday season. Free. 2–6 p.m., First Avenue and Pike Street. DOWNTOWN
A complimentary wine tasting with Esquin Wine Merchants, promises samples of various brands of Bordeaux. Free. 5–6:30 p.m. 2700 Fourth Ave. S., 206-682-7374, www.esquin.com. SODO
Sunday, November 26
On the occasion of the holiday season, Shmaltz Brewing Company, makers of HE'BREW "The Chosen Beer", celebrates 10 years of beer-brewing with the release of an award-winning Chanukah beer: Monumental Jewbelation. In 2005, Pacific Brew News awarded Jewbelation "Best Winter Brew in Show" winning over Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale and Anchor Steam's Christmas Ale. Free. 4 - 7 p.m., Bottleworks, 1710 N. 45th St., #3, 206-633-2437, http://www.shmaltz.com . FREMONT
Back To School
Saturday, November 25
If you'd like to concoct your own, homemade to-go food, this hands-on class, Chinese Take-Out From Home might be just the thing. The menu features classic items like hot and sour soup, egg rolls, barbecued pork, and spicy cashew chicken. $50. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Cook's World, 2900 N.E. Blakeley St., 206-528-8192, www.cooksworld.net. U DISTRICT
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