AUTHORS CAN BAKE

Local baking celebrity Dani Cone, author of Cutie Pies: 40 Sweet, Savory and Adorable Recipes, will sign her book and hand out pie recipes from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 at Metropolitan Market (2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma).

FOOD FIGHT

Chef Gabe at Salty's at Redondo (28201 Redondo Beach Dr. S., Des Moines) hosts a "Food Fight" happy hour from 3-4 p.m. every Monday in September. If you answer one of two food trivia questions correct, you'll receive the special $19 tasting menu for free. Reservations are required at 253.945.8248 today. 

COOKING CLASS

Primo Grill (601 S. Pine, Tacoma) hosts a Cuisine of Tuscany cooking class at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. The cost is $65. Reserve your spot at 253.383.7000.

COCKTAIL CLASS

Salty's at Redondo (28201 Redondo Beach Dr. S., Des Moines) will host an afternoon cocktail class at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. The class is $25 per person, which includes recipe cards, demonstration on bar techniques, as well as the cocktails to sip along with appetizers for noshing. Reservations are required at 253.945.8248.

COOKING CLASS

Chef Laurie Nguyen from Dockside Bistro in Olympia will demonstrate how to cook a fall evening menu with Asian accents at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26 at the Bayview School of Cooking in Olympia. The cost is $60. Reserve your spot at 360.754.1448.

OCTOBERFEST

The Weekly Volcano would travel to the ends of the earth for a savory helping of local craft brews and soft pretzels, but thankfully we just need to go as far as Tacoma's Opera Alley. Octoberfest Tacoma will feature local craft beer, pretzels, pie eating contest, chainsaw pumpkin carving and more from 2-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 at Seventh and Opera Alley in downtown Tacoma. There'll be more stuff but we drank too much bier, we mean beer, before we wrote this.

BEER TASTING

99 Bottles (35002 Pacific Hwy. S., Federal Way) will pour Alaskan Brewing Co. beers - including the limited-release Perseverance Stout, brewed with birch syrup and fireweed honey - from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.

ENDLESS SUSHI ROLL

TWOKOI Japanese Restaurant (1552 Commerce St., Tacoma) offers an awesome weekday lunch deal for those you dig sushi rolls. For $19 you may chow down as many rolls as you can at the sushi bar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Go for it.

MONDAY NIGHTS

Drop by The Hub (203 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma) and blurt out "Hub Hook Up," and the restaurant will hook you up with $2 Harmon Brewery pints and 25 percent off all regular priced food.

NOSH LEAGUE

As part of the Weekly Volcano's Nosh League, you can meet up with like-minded foodies at locally owned restaurants and businesses and take advantage of special discounts, win restaurant gift certificates, and learn tips from chefs and food producers. To join, click here.

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