SF Weekend Planner: Eat This, Ferment This

By Meesha Halm

Looking for something to do this weekend? Tweet with a famous cookbook author or head to the farm and get your sauerkraut on.

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Dinner and live streaming with Frances Mayes

Meet and eat with Under a Tuscan Sun author Frances Mayes this weekend as part of the 10-day long Napa's Valley Festival del Sole. Mayes will be the special guest at special five-course dinner at Signorello Estates on Sunday evening where she promises to divulge the best recipes from her new book. And get this. For fans who can't make it to the dinner in person, the whole shebang will be live-streamed for Twitter and Facebook fans. Join the conversation under the tag #TuscanSunDinner. Sunday, 7PM, Dinner is $295 per person,  which includes of The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Tickets available at here.

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CUESA’s Crops and Kraut

Forget everything you think you know about nasty sauerkraut. CUESA is hosting an all-day field-to-jar outing where DIY-ers will get up and close and personal with their veggies, then head to the kitchen to ferment them into their very own kraut. Meeting at the Ferry Plaza, CUESA will take participants via bus to an organic farm, then head to the redwoods of Ben Lomand where they’ll participate in a hands-on sauerkraut course with Kathryn Lukas of Farmhouse Culture. The tour costs $35 and includes snacks, lunch, the class, and a jar of sauerkraut.  Sunday, 9 AM-6 PM, get tickets at online.