For those of you who love free events, pop into World Spice Merchants on November 5 from 5:30–8:30 p.m. and toast the release of their new cookbook, World Spice at Home, a collaboration between WSM owner Amanda Bevill and author Julie Kramis Hearne. Its 75 recipes will transmogrify your ordinary meal into a delicious dinner using spice blends. Both authors will be at the open-house event; giveaways will include spice and recipe samples.

More local goodness continues with several of Linda Derschang’s restaurants (Tallulah’s, Oddfellows, and Smith) participating in Meatless Monday on November 3. Ten percent of all proceeds will benefit Pasado’s Safe Haven, an 85-acre animal sanctuary north of Seattle, where domestic pets and farm animals can lead a better life in peace and harmony.

Sleepy Magnolia gets a brewery! Urban Family

Brewing just opened its new tasting room, open Friday–Sunday at 4441 26th Ave. W., where you can try cleverly named brews such as So West It’s East IPA and Deuce Is Wild, an eight-month, wine-barrel-aged symphony of hoppy goodness. E

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