MASA

Masa has been a busy casa. First, it released a new all-day menu last week, slapping a lowercase “redefining american-mexican cuisine” tagline on it, and reduced prices to less than $10 on flat breads, quesadillas, burgers, Mexi mac & cheese and much more. Next, Satellite Coffee opened a 24-seat, industrially-decorated café inside Masa with a bike-up window for its Stumptown Coffee. Last, Masa/Asado Excutive Chief Joel Mertens will be cooking up a full menu Monday, March 9 at Urban Gourmet in Tacoma.  Check out urbangourmettacoma.com for details. Masa, 2811 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.254.0560.

BAYVIEW SCHOOL OF COOKING

Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima, Sara Lee —the food industry is well aware of the powerful desire for a nurturing grandma in the kitchen whipping up delicious homemade food just for us. Never mind that the marketing department-created ladies are pitching industrial food filled with ingredients you never heard of. At the Bayview School of Cooking there is a nurturing dude, Chef John Edwards, in the kitchen, whipping up from-scratch old-fashioned food such as the beloved chicken pot pie Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m.  For $45, you can learn how, too. Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.754.1448.

RAVENOUS READERS BOOK CLUB

If “Ravenous Readers” means famished folks flipping through forms to you, you better get yourself to King’s Books. At King’s Books, they will tell you that “Ravenous Readers” is actually a community book group focused on reading books about food and sustainability, sponsored by Grow Local Tacoma. Meeting the first Thursday of the month, this hungry group will dig into issues such as growing food locally, the impact of commercial agriculture, and growing communities through selected reads such as the first book on the menu: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m., no cover, King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.8801.