SAKE PAIRING DINNER

TwoKoi Japanese Restaurant (1552 Commerce St., Tacoma) hosts a sake pairing dinner every first and third Thursday. For $70 attendees can indulge in fine sake paired with Two Koi's edible delights and will leave you walking away with some wicked culinary knowledge as award winning chef and sake sommelier, Jackie and Jeannie, will be there to guide you through this dining experience. Reservations are required at 253.274.8999.

JAM CLASS

If you've always wanted to concoct your own jams but don't know where to start Terra Organics can get you going. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 Rebecca Staffel of Deluxe Foods will be guiding a jam class (the spreadable fruity kind, not getting your groove on) at 815 S. 28th St., Unite B, in Tacoma. Using classic French canning techniques, Staffel will demonstrate how you can begin preserving your own fruity goodness. Class is $10. Purchase tickets online at: http://event.pingg.com/deluxejamclass

SANGRIA TASTING

Total Wine and More (625 Black Lake Blvd. SW, Olympia) will be hosting an Eppa SupraFruta Sangria Tasting noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. The sangria is crafted in Mendocino in both red and white varietals, using organic super fruits like pomegranate, acai, blueberry and blood orange. Eppa Wine Company co-founder will be guiding the sangria journey.

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Whether one has a passion for nabbing the leaf under the window shield wiper while in motion, performing an all-gourd reenactment of an episode of Diff'rent Strokes or slingin' in the mud, harvest season cannot be denied it's special place in everyone's lives, unless your on a strict high-preservative, low-nutrition-value, fast-food-for-life diet. If so, please stop reading now. For those who can drive right on by a drive-thru window without even a thought, be sure to stop by the 6th Ave Farmers Market Tuesday, Sept. 24 for its annual Harvest Fest. On the menu will be Infinite Soups bowls, seasonal salads from Zestful Gardens and Terry's Berries and drinkies. Barleywine Revue will keep the head buzzin'. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $5 for children and runs 4 to 7 pm. At Sixth and Pine.

LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide