Ruth Reichl's Making a Bay Area Appearance; There's a Food Music Fest This Weekend

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Queen food writer Ruth Reichl is making an appearance at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts on Monday, August 31 as part of the center's lecture series (and probably to promote her upcoming cookbook). If you're a Reichl fan, get your ticket here. [EaterWire]

TENDERLOIN — Get tickets here for the SF Mess Hall Project at the Great American Music Hall this Sunday, August 30. The event brings together food from the likes of Chica, Hal Jr's Bar B Q and ShakeDown Ice Cream, craft beer from Henhouse and Fort Point and music from Crashing Hotels, Vanwave and more, all to benefit the San Francisco Rock Project. [EaterWire]

MISSION — 18 Reason's next pop-up dinner will feature Peruvian food from chef Nico Vera, who will talk about the history of the dishes he serves and play authentic Afro-Peruvian to eat to. You can get tickets to the Wednesday, September 2 event here. [EaterWire]

OUTER RICHMOND — Summer’s bounty certainly is big, and to celebrate that, Marla Bakery is through a summer bounty dinner, featuring all the usual seasonal suspects like corn, stone fruit, pole beans and more. Get tickets here for the Sunday, August 30 event. [EaterWire]