A busy weekend for urban foodies

Signs of summer winding down: A harvest fair, a late-season street fest, an urban picnic and a wine tasting/seminar. Get out now while you can.

Signs of summer winding down: A harvest fair, a late-season street fest, an urban picnic and a wine tasting/seminar. Get out now while you can.

Summer's winding down, which means it's getting close to harvest time. For locavores, there's lots going on in Seattle this weekend.

Saturday: Seattle Tilth holds its annual Harvest Fair in the park behind the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford, 10 am to dusk. Free.

Sunday: The tenants of the Melrose Market bust out! Melrose Avenue, between Pike and Pine, will become the Melrose Market Street Festival, with food, wine and music, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free.

Sunday: Urban Picnic at Rainier Square, sponsored by the Seattle Chefs Collaborative to benefit the Quillisascut Farm School's scholarship fund, 1-4 p.m. Admission is $60 through Brown Paper Tickets.

Sunday: Blend, a wine and food event sponsored by Columbia Hospitality (a hotel management company) at Bell Harbor Conference Center,  2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66. The event begins at 2 p.m. with a hands-on wine seminar ($15) on the art of blending, followed by a tasting from 4-7:30 p.m. ($59) put on by a score of local wineries and restaurants. Tickets through the organization's website, columbiablend.com.

  

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Ronald Holden

Ronald Holden

Ronald Holden is a regular Crosscut contributor. His new book, published this month, is titled “HOME GROWN Seattle: 101 True Tales of Local Food & Drink." (Belltown Media. $17.95).