Food and wine events around Sonoma County

VALLEY FORD: Celebrate the bivalve at Oysterpalooza

Spend some time on the coast during Memorial Day Weekend, and don’t miss the rockin’ party at Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen + Saloon starting at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 24.

Oysterpalooza! 2015 presents an all-day music and food festival, featuring barbecued oysters, fried oyster po’boys, red beans and rice, barbecue brisket, Lagunitas beer on tap, local wines and the rum-soaked Hurricanes of New Orleans.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and the music cranks up soon afterwards, including Arann Harris and the Farm Band, T Sisters, Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic, Beso Negro and the Dixie Giants.

Tickets are $20, which includes the music. Food and beverages will be sold separately. Rocker Oysterfeller’s is at 14415 Coast Highway 1. 876-1983.

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SONOMA: Food waste documentary at Shiso

Shiso Modern Asian Kitchen will present dinner and a movie at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at the restaurant in the Maxwell Village Shopping Center in Sonoma.

The film, “Just Eat It,” is a 74-minute documentary about food waste and food rescue by Peg Leg Films. The dinner buffet includes Grilled Korean Short Ribs, Cold Noodle Salad, Steamed Rice and Chili Lime Edamame.

Tickets are $35 per person, not including tax, tip and beverages. There is limited family-style seating.

To reserve, e-mail kim@shisorestaurant.com. 19161 Sonoma Highway. 933-9331.

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SANTA ROSA: Yeti opens restaurant in former Lyons

Yeti Restaurant recently opened in the former Lyons restaurant space on Highway 12 at Farmers Lane with a menu that fuses authentic Nepalese and Indian cuisines.

Yeti’s chef/owner Narayan Somname, a native of Nepal, opened his first Sonoma County restaurant in Glen Ellen’s Jack London Village in 1998.

Yeti’s menu includes South Asian classics like biryani, tandoori and curries, in addition to traditional Nepalese favorites such as steamed Momo, a dish of ground chicken and Himalayan herbs wrapped in pot-sticker dough and served with yogurt mint sauce and a lime wedge.

The new Yeti at 190 Farmers Lane in Santa Rosa is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and for dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. nightly. To reserve: 521-9608. yetirestaurant.com.

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GLEN ELLEN: Aventine launches weekend brunch

Aventine Glen Ellen has launched a brunch menu served on Saturdays and Sundays at the restaurant in the historic Jack London Village.

The menu, which will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days, includes soups and salads, pizza and pasta, plus entrees ranging from Uovo Benedict (fried eggs, focaccia, smoked pancetta and fontina fonduta for $18) to Waffle e Pollo Milanese (chicken and waffles with bacon butter and bourbon maple syrup for $18).

Chef/owner Adolfo Veronese, who also owns restaurants in San Francisco and Hollywood, provides a modern take on classic Italian food. The restaurant is also open for dinner six nights a week and offers a happy hour Tuesday through Sunday. 934-8911. aventineglenellen.com.

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NOVATO: Which do you prefer, tea or wine?

You can sip both together in the Republic of Tea’s Sonoma Teas, a new line of herbal teas made from chardonnay, cabernet and rosé grape skins.

The brainchild of Kendall-Jackson Executive Chef Justin Wangler, the teas are made from wine grape skins sourced from WholeVine, which manufactures a line of sustainable, all-natural foods from vineyard byproducts. The company was founded by Barbara Banke of Kendall-Jackson Family Estates and partner Peggy Furth.

For the Sonoma Teas collection, the wine grape skins are infused with complementary flavors: the chardonnay offers notes of pineapple and sweet peach; the rosé is married with ripe strawberries and crisp apples; and the cabernet is infused with sweet oranges and black currants.

The line also includes a Mulled Zin Hot Tea, a blend of zinfandel grape skins and warm spices such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves and orange zest.

The Sonoma Teas collection comes packaged in steel tins, each containing six pouches of tea that produce six quarts, or 24 servings. They are available at republicoftea.com for $7.99 each. The Mulled Zin Hot Tea will be available in September.

The Republic of Tea, headquartered in Novato, was founded in 1992 and offers a selection of the high-quality black and herbal teas.

Compiled by Staff Writer Diane Peterson, who can be reached at 521-5287 or diane.peterson@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @dianepete56.