Those of us who were lucky enough to attend Fifth Street Farm's first 'Sunday Suppe'r got an extra treat for dessert besides Ramekins Chef Kyle Kuklewski's buttermilk lemon custard with blackberry marmalade: a clear view of the eclipse.

The custard followed perfect courses of sweet melt-in-your-mouth tomatoes with burrata and fried green tomato cubes and grapefruit with Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc, two seared scallops with fingerling potato and zucchini puree and DeLoach Chardonnay, crispy-skin chicken with beer (IPA) barley with Tyge William Cab and Merry Edwards Pinot, and then the custard and eclipse with Cline Late Harvest Mourvèdre.

The next Sunday Supper will be in Fifth Street Farm's interesting barn on Nov. 1 with a tour of the farm, farmhouse artisan cheeses and charcuterie, a quinoa and chicory salad with roasted cauliflower, pan-seared scallops with Brussels sprouts and bacon lardons, tarragon chicken, and spiced apple and pear crumble with honey-bourbon Anglaise. Check it out and reserve now at ramekins.com.

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It was great to see some local food trucks at Sebastiani Winery's Food Truck Friday last week. Making the cut were city councilwoman Rachel Hundley's Drums & Crumbs, El Coyote, and Tips Tri-Tips Trolley.

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Cat Cora, the first female Iron Chef, will speak tomorrow, Oct. 3 at the great little Spinster Sisters' cool restaurant in Santa Rosa as part of Book Passage's Dining with Writers Series. Having interviewed Cat Cora three or four times, and having corresponded with her mother, I find her very articulate and entertaining.

Cora will talk about her latest book, 'Cooking as Fast as I Can: A Chef's Story of Family, Food and Forgiveness,' her story of early childhood sexual abuse, the realities of being a lesbian in the deep south (Jackson, Mississippi), her family's Greek history in the restaurant business, studying at the CIA in Hyde Park, and the rigors of being an attractive female apprentice in big-name restaurants in France. $95 includes book and dinner. Reserve at (415) 927-0960 or bookpassage.com.

Book Passage also has Cooks with Books events coming up with Ruth Reichl on Oct. 7, Emeril Lagasse Oct. 9, Jacques Pépin Oct 10, and Nigella Lawson Nov. 18. Check them all out at bookpassage.com.

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This weekend's Sonoma Music Festival, with hugely famous musicians lined up to perform from Ringo Starr to Chicago, will have a nurturing array of food lined up as well. Attendees can purchase food from E-Saan Thai House, Java Wagon, The Farmer's Wife, Marks The Spot, Mary's Pizza Shack, Rocket Catering, Tips Tri-Tip Trolley, G.B. Meatballs, Nectars Juice Bar, B & V Whiskey Bar & Grille, and Murphy's Irish Pub.

Ramekins will cater special food for a rumored 700 VIP ticket holders in the tent for Friday and Saturday night dinner and Sunday lunch. Friday's dinner starting at 4:00 will include kale salad with beets and shaved ricotta salada, pasta salad with grilled vegetables, roasted cauliflower with Pesto and B.R. Cohn olive oil, barbecued chicken breast with wild arugula and sweets.

Saturday's menu consists of black bean salad with tortilla chips and 5 th Street farm vegetable crudités, chopped Romaine leaves with Cotija cheese and cilantro vinaigrette, marble potato salad, roasted broccoli, and BBQ spice rubbed tri-tip with artisan breads and sweets.

Sunday lunch begins with mini bagels and schmears with whole fruits and grapes at 11 a.m. followed by lunch of kale salad, farro salad, grilled sausages with mustards, and barbecued chicken, followed at 4 p.m. by an afternoon snack and sweets at 5 p.m.

According to Tasha Cohn, there will also be vendors from Yeah Yeah Pony Prince hand painted clothing, Devon Dowds Design Jewelry, Nomad Chic, Seaglass Jewelry from Santa Cruz, Sonoma Index-Tribune, Wild Ginger clothing, Bay Area Lyme, KRON, Music Never Dies Clothing, Adrenaline Zone (Maui Jim sunglasses), and The Bus Shoppe.

If you haven't had enough music, food and beverages, B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille is the 'official after party' spot featuring The Bad Jones (formerly Soul Pie) band on Friday, and 1955 on Saturday, both from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. No cover charge. 400 First St. East, Sonoma. Reservations for six or more at 938-7110.

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This year's Plein Air Foundation dinner, where guests enjoyed dinner and bid on works by juried artists, was held at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa's looking-very-permanent tent with a French flag greeting guests at the entrance.

The entire festival raises funds to provide art in our schools, an important field to explore that was eliminated way back in 1978 by California's Proposition 13. Judy Young and Dorinda Parker agree that this was their most successful fundraising weekend ever, which is fabulous news for Sonoma Valley children.

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Leslie McLean proudly relays that her husband, former Sonoma Valley High School English teacher Mike Lyons, his brothers Don and Jerry, and mom Bev Bei, were featured in a spice catalogue story published by Penzeys Spice Company on their Irish cooking and Ireland's new marriage equality laws.

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Ramekins Culinary School has some spaces available for three upcoming classes including A Taste of the Côte d'Azur with Chef Zoe McLaughin on Sunday, Oct. 4 where you can make Bouillabaisse, a Provençal-style pizza, and an apple Tarte Tatin. 3 to 6 p.m.

Chef Christina Topham brings her Lebanese cooking class on Thursday, Oct. 8 where you can make hummus, cucumber salad, Lebanese bread salad, lamb meatballs, green beans with tomatoes and cumin, rice pilaf and milk pudding. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

And then Chef Pierre Lagourgue, just returned from France, does an Autumn in Paris demonstration class featuring fig salad, spinach soufflé, filet mignon with goat cheese, and a gateau Basque. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All of these classes are $95. Register immediately at ramekins.com

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Cheers!