Cooking from the Heart

The owner of the Soall Vietnamese Bistro hosts the first evening in a cooking series, where Sa creates a fourcourse meal with her favorite dishes, May 11, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m at the restaurant. Dishes will be paired with beverages that bring out the vibrant Vietnamese flavors. On the menu this evening: green papaya salad, salt and pepper spring roll, “five space” coffee rub pork chop and matcha tiramisu. For more info and tickets, visit eventbrite.com/e/soall-viet-kitchen-presents-cooking-from-the-heart-dinner-series-with-sa-tickets-614224079757

Green Thumb?

As part of the Spring Celebration, two garden clubs will be holding plant sales on Saturday, May 13. The Driftwood Garden Club will be at the Masonic Temple, 8 a.m. to noon, and the Cottage Gardeners of Marblehead and Swmapscott will be at St. Stephen’s Church 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Both sales will feature pere nnials, annuals and other plants from local gardens.