Check out what’s in store at the Queen Anne Farmers Market and Interbay Farmers Market this week.

At the Queen Anne Farmers Market:

• 4 p.m. – At the Chef Tent: Chef demo with Matt Fortner, chef de cuisine at How To Cook A Wolf (Read Leslie Kelly’s 3-part interview with Matt at Grillaxin)
• 5 to 7 p.m. – At the Music Tent: Live music by Squirrel Butter, an old-time variety duet by Charlie Beck and Charmaine “Lady Li-Lei” Slaven (Appalachian, early country, jugband and blues with banjo, fiddle, guitar, and Lady Li-Lei’s amazing dancing feet!)
• 5 to 7 p.m. – At the Talent Show Stage: Queen Anne Performing Arts hosts “Queen Anne’s Got Talent!”, a show featuring young and old from right here on the hill
• 5:30 p.m. – At the Chef Tent: Kids Cooking event with Executive Chef Anthony and Head Chef Natalie of 5 Spot
• Check out what’s fresh at the Queen Anne market this week

At the Interbay Farmers Market:

• 4 p.m. – Chef Demo with Chef Branden Karow of Ballard’s Staple & Fancy
• Check out what’s fresh at the Interbay market this week

As always the Queen Anne Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. The Interbay Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Interbay Urban Center, located at 1819 15th Ave. W.

In 2009, University of Washington business student William Khazaal was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurological disorder where the immune system attacks the central nervous system.

Khazaal has two young children. Soon after his diagnosis realized how difficult it was to talk to his now five-year-old about the disease, so he and a few other UW students created MS Children’s Book – an illustrated children’s book which explains MS to kids in a way that they understand. 100 percent of the profits from the book’s sales will be donated to the fight against MS, of which there is currently no cure. The goal is to sell 10,000 copies of the book and raise $100,000 to find a cure.

World MS Day is this Wednesday, May 25, and more than 50 local businesses have signed up to donate a portion of their sales to the cause. In Queen Anne How to Cook a Wolf (2208 Queen Anne Ave N) will be donating a portion of its proceeds. A list of all participating restaurants can be found here.

It’s that time of year again–Seattle Restaurant Week is bringing some delicious deals to local restaurants around town for ten days this month, from Sunday, April 10 to Thursday, April 14, and Sunday, April 17 to Thursday, April 31.

Over 150 restaurants citywide will be offering three-course dinners for just $28 (sadly excluding weekends), and many will also be dishing up three-course lunches for $15.

There are 13 Queen Anne restaurants participating in Seattle Restaurant Week:

• Betty Restaurant & Bar
• Boat Street Cafe
• Canlis
• Crow Restaurant & Bar
• emmer&rye
• How to Cook a Wolf
• Paragon Restaurant & Bar
• Peso’s Kitchen and Lounge
• Ponti Seafood Grill
• Portage
• Ten Mercer
• The Melting Pot
• Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge

Search for participating restaurants by neighborhood or meal, or get menu details and reservation information from the Seattle Restaurant Week website.

Of the more than 100 restaurants featured in Seattle Restaurant Week, which runs through Thursday, October 28 (excluding Friday and Saturday), 13 can be found right here in Queen Anne.

Seattle Restaurant Week participants offer $25 three-course dinner meals and some offer $15 three-course lunch meals, Sunday through Thursday. Check out the options on the hill:

• Betty Restaurant and Bar
• Boat Street Cafe
• Bricco Della Regina Anna
• Crow Restaurant and Bar
• emmer&rye
• How to Cook a Wolf
• La Dolce Vita Ristorante
• Paragon Restaurant and Bar
• Peso’s Kitchen and Lounge
• Portage
• Sport Restaurant and Bar
• Ten Mercer
• Toulouse Petit

The inaugural Seattle Restaurant Week in April was such a success, another one is planned for October.

Four Queen Anne restaurants were involved in the first week, including Betty, Canlis, Crow, emmer&rye, How to Cook a Wolf, Ponti Seafood Grill, Portage, Ten Mercer, Paragon, and Via Tribunali. This time around, organizers are turning to Seattle residents to find out what restaurants they’d like to see on the list. Offer up suggestions via Twitter (@SeattleRW) or look for them on Facebook. Each restaurant submitted will be contacted to join in the 10-day foodie celebration.

The second Seattle Restaurant Week, from October 17 to 28, will offer the same deals as the first–a $25 three-course dinner menu and optional $15 three-course lunch menu, Sunday through Thursday.

The inaugural Seattle Restaurant Week, described by organizers as “the biggest celebration of dining out that our region has ever experienced,” is kicking off this Sunday, April 18 when 106 of the best restaurants across town will offer 3-course dinners for $25 Sunday-Thursday until Thursday, April 29.

Not surprising, nine Queen Anne restaurants are on that list:

1. Betty Restaurant & Bar
2. Canlis
3. Crow Restaurant & Bar
4. emmer&rye
5. How to Cook a Wolf
6. Portage
7. Ten Mercer
8. Paragon
9. Via Tribunali

“Queen Anne is making a huge showing for Seattle Restaurant Week, drawing people from other neighborhoods and definitely keeping their own neighbors happy,” wrote SRW PR representative Heather Jensvold.

Take a look at the full list of participating restaurants, some of which will be offering $15 3-course lunch specials as well, here (.doc).

Seattle Restaurant Week is a project of the Seattle Restaurant Cooperative, a group of Seattle restaurateurs, and is being sponsored by our news partner, The Seattle Times, alongside many others. More information here.