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Best Crab Cakes: 17-year-old Dustin Buchholz's crab cakes took top honors at the Washington State Chefs Association's annual Best of the Pacific Northwest last month. Buchholz works as a dishwasher and prep cook in the Clubhouse at McCormick Woods. The Kitsap Sun has the scoop.

Beer Is Good: RAM Brewery releases its creamy, complex S'No Angel Winter Weizenbock during a special tapping at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 inside its Tacoma restaurant at 3001 Ruston Way.

Sandwich And Coffee: Cutters Point in Gig Harbor's Uptown Shopping Center now serves Caprese, Belltown Club, Chipotle Chicken and Roasted Turkey paninis. If you puy one now through the end of the year you'll receive a free 12-ounce drip coffee.

Cooking Class: The Bayview School of Cooking in Olympia will teach a Fettuccine Alfredo Dinner class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17. The class is $45. Reserve your spot at 360.754.1448.

Food Matters: Food and sex are the two things science says will reduce our anxiety. Nice.

LINK: South Sound happy hours