Here, find a curated list of the best food and drink events in Santa Cruz County for the coming week. At the top, I share my picks of unmissable local happenings.

It’s turkey trot season, and event company Collective Santa Cruz is hosting a 5K – 3.1-mile – holiday fun run with Cat & Cloud coffee Saturday morning. Runners meet at the Swift Street café in Santa Cruz at 9 a.m. to sign up and have a cup of joe, and the run starts at 9:30 a.m. Cat & Cloud roasted a special coffee for this event, a blend of coffees from Mexico and Costa Rica with a dark flavor profile and flavor notes of Oreo cookies, pecan pie and blueberry jam.

The Aptos Wine Wander returns to Aptos Village tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. Sixteen Santa Cruz-area wineries, including Lester Estate Wines, El Vaquero Winery and Kathryn Kennedy Winery, will post up at 13 businesses to pour samples of wine while guests sip and shop. Each $45 ticket includes a wine glass and map of tasting locations.

Best of Santa Cruz County food and drink events, Nov. 21-27

Here are some upcoming local food and drink events you might be interested in:

Friday, Nov. 21

Saturday, Nov. 22

Sunday, Nov. 23

Thursday, Nov. 27

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Lily Belli is the food and drink correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz. Over the past 15 years since she made Santa Cruz her home, Lily has fallen deeply in love with its rich food culture, vibrant agriculture...